The Universe Smiles

The human race is but one blood, one people. May the blazing sun of love and compassion melt the cold, frozen hearts of those that refuse to see it.

Often, belief is the only thing that can carry you over the ocean of doubt. Do not for a moment let go of this conviction, as will often not know you have reached the other side until you feel the earth beneath your feet.

Until love is overflowing from the heart with the power of the Sun itself, it cannot be said that it has been known.

Mental illness is most pronounced in those that appear to be the most normal.

A calm ocean cannot know the power and fury of a tidal wave.

Only dreams have the power to overcome nightmares.

Those that love, without restraints, will know deep sorrow, but in so loving will be healed of every darkness.

Hope has nowhere to go without the wind of vision. Envision the future you most desire in order that hope may come to you with open arms.

Shining a light in the darkest hour, one may live in exile, a complete stranger in a land of barbarism.

If you are aware of yourself when dancing, you really aren’t dancing at all.

Lying to oneself pushes ones conscience farther and farther away from truth, and as truth disappears, so does love.

Premeditated inspiration is bound to its own agenda, as a wild dancer that watches himself in the mirror. Your creations will be colored with your weaknesses to the degree you have not surrendered yourself to that dance. Dance wildly or do not dance at all.

Love empowers all those involved with it, yet hate will only empower itself.

Love your people in both your waking life and dreams, and the world will be your family.

A lifetime of smiles may leave deep wrinkles on the face, yet a life with no wrinkles leaves nothing behind at all.

A priceless gift awaits those that remain strong when everything possible is going wrong.

Rich is the soul that refuses the nature to trivialize everything in exchange for the meaning in each breath.

The more one is obsessed with something, the more blind he will be to everything else.

One silent, true prayer in the heart is worth one million spoken words.

All things in the present are a repetition of the past – only combination and novelty resurrects them anew.

Receiving love from another carries one through terrible moments, but not until you choose to love when it is most difficult will you truly come to know selfless compassion and strength.

If you refuse to make heaven in this world, do not expect to find it anywhere else.

Lies may travel the planet many times over while the truth sits and watches.

Great souls can never find peace as long as another is suffering in the world.

By steadfastly looking for the strengths in others, you will soon be surrounded by strong people.

Hold fast to the truth as you would a tree in a fierce storm – and it will save you from being swept away by lies, deceit, and confusion.

Embrace every moment, good and bad, with your entire being, and you will always be one step closer to the truth.

Tragedy and disappointment require a great commitment of energy and time, both of which would better be spent laughing, loving, and creating beauty in others lives.

Pride may begin with a gentle voice but eventually raises to such a deafening shout so as to drown out all reason.

Children carry what we give them into all future generations – therefore, give them only love and compassion.

What a miraculously wonderful world this would be if each person, without exception, did what he was capable of.

Simply because only birds are born with wings does not mean you cannot fly.

The mind has no origin or master and may create anything imaginable, limited only by its degree of openness.

Your dreams need not be acknowledged by any other that you might take flight across a sea of worthy challenges.

Building and destroying are two sides of the same face – but that face should be benevolent and compassionate, without exception.

The more love you pour into a child, the more love that child will bring into the world.

If you meditate on the dead, dry leaves on the ground, you may miss the brilliant colors of the forest.

You will step on many feet, should you devote your life to helping others walk carefully.

Perhaps the biggest shame of all is to accept and surrender to one’s fate, doing nothing to clear the path that your heart might follow.

Peace has no preference – it loves unconditionally the rich, the poor, the weak, and the strong.

Getting used to the old and familiar stomps on the budding sprouts of all that is new.

Democracy means nothing without the undying thirst for liberty and freedom.

If you will look for a reason to bring beauty into this world, the world itself may argue against it. Therefore, do not look for reasons, simply create light rather than shadows.

Indeed, it is difficult to say which is easier to believe in: that which we have never seen or those things seen from multiple diametrically opposed perspectives. Therefore, believe in what your heart shows you to be true.

Were it not for our collective amnesia, humanity's problems could be seen clearly before they have made their mark. Somewhere, sometime – someone has dreamed of a solution for your greatest challenge.

If you always run away from trouble, it will be sure to follow you wherever you go.

If you will go deep enough into the rhythm of your work, the most precious secrets will be given to you.

It is senseless to try to show a man the truth if he is not first willing to find it in himself.

Genius is bestowed upon those gifted with undying patience.

If you spend your life running away from that which scares you, great purpose will never stare you in the eyes.