SimplyNeo Quotes

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We need to make a very clear distinction between what is in our ego’s self-interest and what is in our ultimate interest; it is from mistaking one for the other that all our suffering comes.

People will die as they have lived, as themselves.

When your fear touches someone’s pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone’s pain, it becomes compassion.

There is only one law in the universe that never changes– that all things change, and that all things are impermanent.

Anyone looking honestly at life will see that we live in a constant state of suspense and ambiguity.

You must constantly nourish openness, breadth of vision, willingness, enthusiasm, and reverence, that will change the whole atmosphere of your mind.

Rely on the message of the teacher, not on his personality.

This world can seem marvelously convincing until death collapses the illusion and evicts us from our hiding place.

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation.

The secret is not to “think” about thoughts, but to allow them to flow through the mind, while keeping your mind free of afterthoughts.

So one moment you have lost something precious, and then, in the very next moment, you find your mind is resting in a deep state of peace.

As long as you cultivate stillness, you may enjoy peace, but whenever your mind is a little bit disturbed, deluded thoughts will set in again.

Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.

There would be no chance to get to know death at all …if it happened only once.

Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to.