Favorite Quotations

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Nothing so affects the life of a child as a parent’s unfulfilled life

Demand more of yourself than anyone else

    Life is full of suffering and full of overcoming it

Thought is action in rehearsal and thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax

Positive thoughts and feelings are not the result of positive things in your life...they are the cause

If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is

Thoughts are something you have, not who you are

Don’t  let your fears become bigger than your dreams

If you trust you don’t worry, if you worry you don’t trust

Knowledge is of three kinds: from God, with God, of God. Knowledge of God is disclosed to all prophets and saints; it is a divine guidance and cannot be acquired. Knowledge from God is the sacred law made obligatory upon us. Knowledge with God is the knowledge of the paths and stations and the development of saints

Happiness is not the absence of conflict but the abilty to cope with it

To have more than you have, become more than you are

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were stronger

You walk by a lot of business when you are not looking

There will always be another reality to make fiction of the truth we think we’ve arrived at

It does not require many words to speak the truth

    Best networker is the one having the most fun

    We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are

    Worry is the activity of a mind which does not understand

     it's connection with God.

    The function of prayer is not to influence God

    but to change the nature of one who prays

    You must be the change you wish to see in the world

    If the mountain was smooth you couldn’t climb it

    Don’t try to imagine God in any form because forms have limits and God has none

    A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey

    Pain isn't the truth, it's what we go through to find the truth

    Whatever you have in your mind - forget it;
    Whatever you have in your hand - give it;

    Whateveryou have in your head, put it aside

    And do not flee from whatever befalls you

    "The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.'
     Look what happens with a love like that.
     It lights up the whole sky.

    Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go

   "It's not what you are that holds you back. It's what you think you're not."  What

    keeps most people from achieving is they spend too much time dwelling on their

    weaknesses and shortcomings instead of focusing on their gifts.     

What is done for you - allow it to be done.
What you must do yourself - make sure you do it.

It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark

When you find the love, you find yourself

It is love that brings happiness to people... it is love that brings joy to happiness

In the vessel of love duality melts

Don’t curse the darkness. Light a candle

When you pray move your feet

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing

The best way to earn a six figure income is to be with someone who has done it before

    Stand in the midst of all you resist and instead of letting judgment take you over put

    all your focus upon the light

    The power of love is better than the love for power and should replace it

    Holding anger is like holding a hot coal...the longer you hold it the more you are

    burned

    Sickness comes because the human being does not surrender to God.

    Healing depends on depth of belief and faith

    True love demands annihilation

Give thanks a little and you will find a lot

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought

The secret of getting aheaed is getting started

Nothing is permanent in this world...not even our troubles

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy

When Allah wants good for someone he gives him understanding of the religion

None of you has truly believed unless you like for your brother what you like yourself

Suffering is the effect of wrong thought in some direction...a lack of harmony...the purpose of suffering is to purify so the already pure do not suffer...well being is the result of positive and light filled thinking and unhappiness is the result of wrong thinking

It is not material possessions that bring happiness, it is the right use of material possessions

Do not be a slave to the material world, let the material world be your slave

Do not reveal to friends all the secrets you possess; they may one day become enemies. Do not inflict on enemies every injury in your power; they may one day become friends.

The source of every disobedience, indifference and passion is self satisfaction

People are almost always anxious to improve their circumstances but not so willing to improve themselves

Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.

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