Sabtu, 20 September 2014

Pengusir Kegelisahan

Imam Ali a.s. berkata, “Pengusir kegelisahan terbaik adalah ridha dengan ketentuan Allah.”

Kerendahan Hari Sebagai Sarana Akal

Imam Musa Al Kadzhim a.s. berkata, “Tanaman hanya tumbuh di dataran, bukan di atas karang, begitu pula dengan hikmah, hanya bisa bersemi dalam hati orang rendah hati, bukan dalam hati orang sombong, karena Allah telah menjadikan kerendahan hati sebagai sarana akal.”

Tanda Berpikir

“Tanda akal adalah berpikir dan tanda berikir adalah diam.”
Imam Musa Al Kadzhim a.s.

My Simple Religion

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
Dalai Lama XIV

Flow as Life Flows

“Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.”
Lao Tzu

Peace in Yourself

“If you do not find peace in yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
Paula A. Bendry

Strongest Souls

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Khalil Gibran

Vision

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Carl Jung

The Inevitability of Death

“In order to continue to live, keeping in mind the inevitability of death, there are only two means; the first is to endlessly aspire to achieve the joys of this world, in order to drown out the thought of death. The second is to find in this life, whether it be long or short, a deeper meaning which cannot be destroyed by death.”
Leo Tolstoy

Fear, Addiction, and Freedom

“Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both.”
Deepak Chopra

The Absence of Light

“No matter how hard you try, you cannot get rid of darkness because it does not exist. It is nothing more than the absence of light. In order to affect the darkness you must do something with light because the light is the only thing that exists.”
Teal Swan