We help others, not by interfering with their lives nor by imposing our
ideas on them, but always by acting in a spirit of sympathy and
self-identification with them in their troubles and joys.
- N Sri Ram.
The next phase of human life must unfold out of unity of humanity, and display the virtues to which unity will give rise.
- N. Sri Ram.
When it was day they came into my house and said, "We shall only take the smallest room here".
They said, "We shall help you in the worship of your God and humbly accept only our own share of his grace";
And then they took their seat in a corner and they sat quiet and meek.
But in the darkness of night I find they break into my sacred shrine, strong and turbulent,
And snatch with unholy greed the offerings from God's altar
- Rabindranath Tagore - Gitanjali - Verse 33
Single is the race, single
Of men and gods;
From a single mother we both draw breath.
But a difference of power in everything
Keeps us apart;
For one is as nothing,
But the brazen sky
Stays a fixed habituation for ever.
Yet we can in greatness of mind
Or of body be like the Immortals.
- Ancient Greek Ode on the Olympic games by Pindar in 6th century BC.
Strange as it may seem, life becomes serene and enjoyable precisely when selfish pleasure and personal success are no longer the guiding goals. When self loses itself in a transcendent purpose, it becomes largely invulnerable to the fears and setbacks of ordinary existence. Psychic energy becomes focused on goals that are meaningful, that advance order and complexity, that will continue to have an effect in the consciousness of new generations long after our departure from this world, even after we are long forgotten.
- Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly
Love is the only way to grasp another humanb being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and deatures in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.
- Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
- N Sri Ram.
The next phase of human life must unfold out of unity of humanity, and display the virtues to which unity will give rise.
- N. Sri Ram.
When it was day they came into my house and said, "We shall only take the smallest room here".
They said, "We shall help you in the worship of your God and humbly accept only our own share of his grace";
And then they took their seat in a corner and they sat quiet and meek.
But in the darkness of night I find they break into my sacred shrine, strong and turbulent,
And snatch with unholy greed the offerings from God's altar
- Rabindranath Tagore - Gitanjali - Verse 33
Single is the race, single
Of men and gods;
From a single mother we both draw breath.
But a difference of power in everything
Keeps us apart;
For one is as nothing,
But the brazen sky
Stays a fixed habituation for ever.
Yet we can in greatness of mind
Or of body be like the Immortals.
- Ancient Greek Ode on the Olympic games by Pindar in 6th century BC.
Strange as it may seem, life becomes serene and enjoyable precisely when selfish pleasure and personal success are no longer the guiding goals. When self loses itself in a transcendent purpose, it becomes largely invulnerable to the fears and setbacks of ordinary existence. Psychic energy becomes focused on goals that are meaningful, that advance order and complexity, that will continue to have an effect in the consciousness of new generations long after our departure from this world, even after we are long forgotten.
- Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly
Love is the only way to grasp another humanb being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and deatures in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.
- Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
