Quotes We Like

Hari Om

Hello Folks,
Any one care to share some quotes that you find inspiring, enjoyable or insightful? or funny ? to balance out life’s speed bumps? … thought this would be kinda fun to start.
Let me provide one that I have found most insightful:
There never was a time when I was not, nor you , nor these rulers of men. Nor will there ever be a time when all of us shall cease to be
Krsna’s talk to Arjuna - Chapt 2, sutra 12; Bhagavad-gita
Frank In San Diego

Hi Frank,
Hope you don’t mind, I had to re-post this in “Illuminated Poetry and Quotations”

Frank,
what translation is that one from which you took the quote? I think I saw it before and I like it…

Hari Om

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Originally posted by david_obsidian
what translation is that one from which you took the quote? I think I saw it before and I like it…

The Quote from the Gita was from Maharashi Mahesh Yogi - “The Bhagavad-Gita, A New Translation and Commentary - Chapters 1-6”
Let me leave you with a quote by Vashista from the Yoga Vasisthi:
“Even as heat is to fire, liquidity to water, sweetness to sugercane, brightness to illumination, oil to mustard seed …the universe is to consciousness. The world exists because consciousness is.”
Peace,
Frank In San Diego
Frank In San Diego