treat ourselves with the same kindness, caring, and compassion we would show to a good friend, or even a stranger for that matter. Sadly, however, there’s almost no one whom we treat as badly as ourselves.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
― The Essential Rumi
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
― The Essential Rumi
“This is the genius of great leadership. Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.”
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
― Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“He felt that Yoga should stand for, and exemplify, the message of respect for all the different paths and that all sincere seekers should realize their common spirit and the universality of their goal.”
― The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda
― The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda
“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.”
― Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
― Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
“Considered a pioneer in the interfaith movement, Sri Gurudev took every opportunity to bring together people of various traditions to see the oneness in all spiritual endeavors.”
― The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda
― The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Commentary on the Raja Yoga Sutras by Sri Swami Satchidananda
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