Inspiration

Do not make friends with an elephant trainer if you don’t have room in your life for an elephant.

-Proverb from India

YESTERDAY I WAS CLEVER, SO I WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
TODAY I AM WISE, SO I AM CHANGING MYSELF.

-Rumi

YOUR TASK IS NOT TO SEEK FOR LOVE, BUT MERELY TO SEEK AND FIND ALL THE BARRIERS WITHIN YOURSELF THAT YOU HAVE BUILT AGAINST IT, AND EMBRACE THEM.

-Rumi

IF YOU ARE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM, YOU ARE IN THE WRONG ROOM.

Unknown

A man came upon a tall tower and stepped inside to find it all dark. As he groped around, he came upon a circular staircase. Curious to know where it led to, he began to climb, and as he climbed, he sensed a growing uneasiness in his heart.

So he looked behind him and was horrified to see that each time he climbed a step, the previous one fell off and disappeared. Before him, the stairs wound upward and he had no idea where they led; behind him yawned an enormous black emptiness.

This is from The Heart of the Enlightened, a book of spiritual stories by Anthony de Mello.

“EVERYTHING THAT IS MADE BEAUTIFUL, FAIR, AND LOVELY, IS MADE FOR THE EYE OF ONE WHO SEES”

-Rumi

To the disciples who were always asking for words of wisdom the Master said, Wisdom is not expressed in words. It reveals itself in action.

But when he saw them plunge headlong into activity, he laughed and said, That isn’t action. That’s motion.

This spiritual story is from the book One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello.