Religious Thought 59



There is no baser folly than the infatuation That looks upon the transient as if it were everlasting.
- Tirukkural 34: 331
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A man was rowing his boat upstream on a very misty morning. Suddenly, he saw another boat coming downstream, not trying to avoid him. It was coming straight at him. He shouted, "Be careful! Be careful!" but the boat came right into him, and his boat was almost sunk. The man became very angry, and began to shout at the other person, to give him a piece of his mind. But when he looked closely, he saw that there was no one in the other boat. It turned out that the boat just got loose and went downstream. All his angel vanished, and he laughed and he laughed.
- Thich Nhat Nanh, "Being Peace"
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Sufficient is our Lord for us. He is the greatest of all helpers; we depend upon Him alone.
- From the collection "Munajat E Maqbool"
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The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
- Brother David Steindl-Rast
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He who can work in the realm of the real and live in that of the ideal, has attained the highest.
- Ludwig Boerne, German-Jewish political writer and satirist
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