The Universe Smiles

Often, the desire for great happiness washes away countless, smaller joys that could have made all the difference.

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.

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

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

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

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

They that shine light in the darkest hour will set ablaze the hearts of all souls to the ends of the Universe.

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

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

Without courage, there can be no peace.

All the best that may be experienced in this life emerges from the greatest difficulties.

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.

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

For those that will be madly in love with life, life will surely love them back.

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

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

As dangerous the perils at sea, there is hardly a compelling reason to stay ashore.

Thoughts are only camouflage for who you truly are, deep in the Heart.

Light possesses no velocity when it is everywhere at once – just as time has no past or future when it is only now.

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

The moment most people give up is the very moment they might have irreversibly transformed the world.

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

Being crazy can be a force for great good, but without the desire to bring happiness to others, it is merely insanity.

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

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

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

To be sensitive to this life is to know terror – and from that place arises the deepest, most unconditional love.

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.

We cannot fail to love one another any more than the waves of the ocean might push themselves apart.

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

Deep grief lays the contrast through which we may know and cherish deep love.

You can trust deeply only those that would trust you with their life and more.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Great spiritual and even material wealth is bestowed on one who never asks for anything. Take your life and destiny into your own hands, and expect that nothing will be given for free.

Though the brain is truly nature’s first biological transceiver, we should be less enamored with what it can do and more possessed by the source of messages it receives.

Desire is like the wind – the more it blows in a certain direction, the more likely the mind and will shall follow.

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

It is indeed a grave problem to be controlled and limited by another but an even bigger sin to stay asleep in freedom.

There is no such thing as ordinary when you realize that you have always had the capability, in every moment, to transform the mundane into priceless treasure.

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

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

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.

The eyes are only the first frontier in the endless spectrum of perspectives on reality.

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 meditate on something long enough, chaos will be orchestrated into a rich, wondrous tapestry full of meaning.