Gems from Gandhiji-36 : The age-old way of making progress..

An age-old way of making progress (is) to advance by making mistakes and rectifying them.

Gems from the Buddha-35: The only real failure...

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Gems from Ramana Maharishi-2: Turn Inwards...

The mind turned outwards, results in thoughts and objects.

Tuned inwards, it becomes itself the Self.

Courtesy: Day by Day, 8.11.45

Gems from Swami Vivekananda- 73 Kick out melancholy thoughts

Always keep your mind joyful; if melancholy thoughts come, kick them out.

Gems from Unknown-1: God Listens...

When you  PRAY,  God listens.

When you  LISTEN  God speaks.

When you  BELIEVE, God works.

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Gems from Swami Vivekananda-72: Mountains can be crumbled...

If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished - mountains can be crumbled into atoms.

Gems from the Buddha-34: Love

Love does not need to be perfect; it just needs to be true.

Gems from Ramana Maharishi-1: The real and the unreal

The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature.  Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself.