The Universe Smiles

Identity is self-proclaimed and eternally sovereign, needing absolutely no approval from any authority, be it kind and loving or drunken with avarice and hatred.

When you know with your entire being that something is not right, a billion voices against you could not change your heart.

Only dreams have the power to overcome nightmares.

Provoking people to take up a cause is far more difficult than giving them the gift of knowing that they cannot eat or sleep without embracing it.

Meditating on others’ perceptions make them your very own. Therefore, hold fast to your heart's vision, lest you become the destiny others create for you.

What we know to be true is but a bridge across an ocean of doubt on the way to the inconceivable.

The more complex you make a problem, the harder it will be to climb out of it.

No thing that may be perceived by the human senses can remotely compare with the heart-breaking, wide-open wonder that is Reality, Itself.

When forging new territory and expanding old boundaries, a compassionate guide is indispensable.

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

You might search your whole life to belong when, all the while, you’ve been opening vistas into the heart that no one dared dream of.

Society’s laws and precepts cannot find a home in the heart of one who lives in the light.

Any dream will certainly come to life if you will devote every waking moment to it.

Often, what you perceive to be a monster is none other than your deepest subconscious asking for an audience.

Uncontrolled aggression only leads to self-inflicted pain, and only when there is no pain may there be peace.

The brighter the light, the stronger the shadows that will be cast.

One that is wildly alive can never be neutral, especially in matters of the heart.

If you will make the choice to bring beauty into this world, it will be utterly necessary for you to ignore antagonism from those feeding on a daily diet of tragedy, disappointment, and dark thoughts.

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

In the realm of the infinite, there is no time, nor is there any limit to what may be seen, heard, or felt – that is our birthplace.

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

Every thought and action that comes from you ripples into humanity as the waves of an ocean – may they be imbued with love, without exception.

There is no cure for past mistakes other than brave decision to acknowledge and forgive.

Slow, careful steps toward grand ideas avoid the destruction of sudden revolution.

Great joy will come only to those that learn to renounce that which is negative and dedicate their life to what is only and inherently good.

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

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

Grace and beauty color the Universe, yet much is filtered by pouring them through the sieve of the mind.

Character was never built on a foundation of envy.

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

You can search the world over for good, but until you find it in yourself, it will forever be hidden from you.

Every act must in some way, no matter how small, elevate humanity and lead it closer to a radiant future.

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

When love flows through you with the power of a thousand waterfalls, it will transform transform reality into a living dream.

Often, being right has more severe consequences than being wrong.

May we stand on the shoulders of our past heroes, rising above our most fierce opposition to see the great mountains of our coming future.

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

By far, the fastest way to end human suffering is to stop creating it.

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

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

The mind is shaped and molded by experience, yet the Heart, the innermost core of your being, is untouched by that experience and watches as that mind is born, lives and passes away.

Only through strength are the depraved weaknesses of hatred and aggression banished.

A desire can burn in the heart with the intensity of a thousand suns but it will create no heat without action.

You need not understand what you create as long as you feel it, deeply.

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.

Monuments dedicated to great souls cover the world, but not one of them depicts a critic.

If you will concern yourself with all the doors that have closed, you might miss the one that is wide open.

When you feel an other’s plight as your own, you will face all odds to save her. Otherwise, the heart is yet sleeping.

The heart’s song, if true and pure, will lift the thickest fog and illuminate the darkest of minds.

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