The Universe Smiles

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.

If you are certain you know something well, then you are quite guaranteed to be far from understanding.

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

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

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

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

Try as you might, affirming an oasis in the desert does not quench thirst unless you have become that water, through and through.

The soul of those that came before us is known by the imprints they left behind in the course of living their lives. The more deeply present you are in this moment, the stronger the footprint you leave in the sands of time, rippling forever into future generations.

Settling on the pleasant can provide many years of comfort, whereas an endlessly evolving perspective affords undying enjoyment.

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.

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

May it forever be known that the greatest sin is committed when one soul works to bend the free will of another for its own personal interests. Where there is no freedom for one, there is no peace for anyone else.

Time passes slowly. Have patience, plant seeds, wait, and grow in your joy.

Vulnerability deepens the heart’s wound, making it possible to love without limitation.

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.

A bumblebee’s wings are too small for its large body, but it flies anyway – and flies well.

The form in which you are born can in no way hinder you from becoming a great force of nature.

No intelligence in the world has the power or the right to overstep one’s solemn duty to protect and serve others.

To amass wealth without the ultimate goal of abolishing suffering and spreading joy is no better than stealing food from the starving to feed the sated.

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

Hidden behind the wall of your present experience is a profoundly transformative idea that would capture the World’s heart were you not to be obsessed with what the World is doing.

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

A clever mind and rich imagination are absolutely impotent without the realization of mortality and the need to care for others with the same fate.

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.

Genius is bestowed upon those gifted with undying patience.

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

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

Rare is the person who will hit their target on the first try, but rarer yet is that person who will miss a million times on the way to mastery.

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

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

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

Happiness does not need a reason – it is its own goal and purpose.

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

Your life has enriched this world if you but just one heart saved from breaking.

You are are not born who you are – you must choose to become that person.

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

Any dream, no matter how fantastic, will come true if you will only have the courage to embrace it.

Grace and greatness seem to flow effortlessly, but few know the trials and tribulations that have shaped that ease.

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

Seeking the world for beauty may deprive you of precious time for creating it.

In order to recognize wolves in sheep’s clothing, it may be necessary to spend a great deal of time with wolves.

Tread carefully with an emotionally charged opinion, as it can ignite a fire as quickly as it may put one out.

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.

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.

As the river rushes across the Earth to meet the sea, it never for a moment stops to ponder if the journey might not be far more meaningful than the destination.

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

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.

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

Suffering is a reliable friend to those that refuse to let go into the unknown.

Character was never built on a foundation of envy.