There is an upward pull in all of us and there is also a downward pull. And I know that the religions and the societies and so on try to tell you what to do. But you don’t need to be told if you just try to listen and watch your own nature. When you try to hurt somebody, you feel hurt. When you’re jealous or selfish, you feel hurt. When you don’t live according to your own highest expectations of yourself, you’re the one who suffers.
Swami Kriyananda
Tag: Character
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A hungry stomach, an empty pocket and a broken heart teach you the most valuable lessons in life.
#freeyourmindandthink
As the light coming from millions of burning lamps is of no avail to a blind person, so also the study of numerous scriptures is of no use to a person who has no character.
Dulichand Jain, Thus Spake Lord Mahavir
Why to-do lists are not enough?
At the end of this life, people won’t remember us for what we did, people won’t remember us for our achievements, people won’t remember us for our percentage in a test or our position in a ranking or our power in society.
People will remember us for who we were, the qualities that we exuded, the character that we cultivated in our life that touched their hearts. So what the ancient spiritual teachers tell us is along with having a to-do list, have a to-be list and ask yourself day-to-day what can you do and how can you function in this world to live up to that to-be list.
Keshava Swami