The Difference Between Knowledge And Understanding
Aldous Huxley
Knowledge is acquired when we succeed in fitting a new experience into the system of concepts based upon our old experiences. Understanding comes when we liberate ourselves from the old and so make po...
Starlings In Winter
Mary Oliver
Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, they spring from the telephone wire and instantly they are acrobats in the freezing wind. And now, in the theater of air, they swing ...
Effort Does Not Change The Person
Anthony De Mello
Effort may change the behavior but it does not change the person. Just think what kind of a mentality it betrays when you ask, 'What must I do to get holiness?' Isn't it like asking, How m...
An Awe Walk
Dacher Keltner
What gives you a sense of awe? That word, awe—the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world—is often associated with the ...
May Your Cup Always Overflow
John Paul Moore
I've never made a fortune, And I'll never make one now But it really doesn't matter 'Cause I'm happy anyhow. As I go along my journey I'm reaping better than I've so...
Limitation Becomes Space
Eckhart Tolle
Allowing this moment to be as it is, just this moment, no more. Just this moment. Suddenly there’s an inner space around it which frees you from the limitation of the form. The greatest im...
The Process Of Understanding
Michael Lipson
We'll focus on the union of two apparently contradictory gestures: simultaneous holding and releasing. Holding. I have a project, like writing a letter, or choreographing a musi...
Voluntary Simplicity
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The impulse frequently arises in me to squeeze another this or another that into this moment. Just this phone call, just stopping off here on my way there. Never mind that it might be in t...
Three Mystical Powers
Fred LaMotte
I have attained three supreme mystical powers. I am going to teach them to you, if you are ready. These siddhis overcome all obstacles, stun all enemies, and open all the portals to the Infinite. N...
Gratitude
Tiruvalluvar
A good turn done is a heaven-born gift you cherish Ask 'Will (they) repay it?' and it'll perish A helpful act howsoever slight When timely, acquires true height To help without think...
Sympathy, Empathy And Compassion
Jay Litvin
Pity, sympathy, empathy, compassion. Each is received at various times by one in distress. They are the responses engendered by our misfortunes from those we encounter. And each feels different when r...
Mistaking The World We’ve Made For The Real World
George Saunders
The instant we wake the story begins: “Here I am. In my bed. Hard worker, good dad, decent husband, a guy who always tries his best. Jeez, my back hurts. Probably from the stupid gym.” ...