Some
quotes from Speaking Tree.
· Silence is the garden
of meditation - Maxims of 'Ali
· This world is your
body. This world is a great school. This world is your silent teacher - Swami
Sivananda
· Luxury makes a man so
soft that it is hard to please him, and easy to trouble him; so that his pleasures
at last become his burden - George Mackenzie
· The teacher should
regard the pupil as his child. The pupil should regard the teacher as his
parent - Vinaya Pitaka, Mahavagga 3.1
· The best way to find
your-self is to lose yourself in the service of others - M K Gandhi
· Service to others is
the rent you pay for your room here on earth - Muhammad Ali
· Life is too short, or
too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly - Paulo
Coelho
· Jesus spoke to them,
saying "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in
darkness, but will have the light of life." - John 8.12
· Courage is grace
under pressure - Ernest Hemingway
· Those who educate
children well are to be honoured more than parents, for parents only gave life,
and teachers, the art of living well – Aristotle
· Peace be to earth and
to airy spaces! Peace be to heaven, peace to the waters, peace to the plants
and peace to the trees! May all the gods grant me peace - Atharva Veda 19.9.14
· It is important we
cultivate love and compassion to all the sentient beings which is the way to
bring peace to all - The XIV Dalai Lama
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