When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarRead
A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength.
Interpretation
Faith in others, much like a child's faith in a mother, provides strength and support.
This quote emphasizes the idea that, similar to how a child innately trusts their mother without the need for understanding, having faith in a higher power or the Divine can be a profound source of strength. It highlights the importance of trust and belief in the unseen forces that guide and support us, asserting that such faith helps us navigate life's challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles, this quote can highlight the power of faith.
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
If you are unhappy, even the moon irritates you, sweet things nauseate, music disturbs. When you are calm and centered inside, noise is musical, clouds are magical, rain is liquid love.
When you judge others, look at yourself - You too have flaws and the divine nature has accepted you with all your flaws. It doesn't judge you. Who are you to judge?
A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are.
Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning.
Service brings merit, merit allows you to go deeper in meditation, meditation brings back your smile.
Women should have the true nurse calling, the good of the sick first the second only the consideration of what is their 'place' to do - and that women who want for a housemaid to do this or the charwomen to do that, when the patient is suffering, have not the making of a nurse in them.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also my consolations: books, music, food, wine, nature.
There cannot be a sense of abundance or the experience of prosperity without appreciation. You cannot find beauty unless you appreciate beauty. You cannot find friendship unless you appreciate others. You cannot find love unless you appreciate loving and being loved. If you wish abundance, appreciate life.
Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.
There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism.
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