39 Quotes About Sacred-teachings

One of the ways that your project, your personal healing, or your social invention can change the world is through story. But even if no one ever learns of it, even if it is invisible to every human on Earth, it will have no less of an effect.

God loved humans but humans loved themselves instead, that's where all it began from.

When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.

Since ancient times, sacred texts from around the world foretold about a time period in human history when a mighty demi-god would appear on earth. Whether we call this figure Perseus, Krishna, or Messiah, he is epitomized in the figure of Jesus Christ—the modern equivalent of which is Superman!

The birth of a child is a sacred phenomenon.

Water runs if you try to grasp it, but pours onto an open hand.

The gift of new day is divine.

The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame.

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war.