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Open your grief-stricken heart to the Lord. Weep and sincerely pray, 'O Lord, draw me towards You; give me peace of mind.' By doing so constantly you, will gradually attain peace of mind.
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You shall receive me when the clouds are high With evening and the sheep attain the fold. This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that in which I mean to die.
hilaire belloc— "Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa"
The desired goal of the soul is to attain the selfless Divine love of Radha Krishn who are eternally related to you.
jagadguru kripaluji maharaj— Saraswati, S. 2001. The true history and the relfigion of India: a concise encyclopedia of authentic hinduism. Motilal Banarsidass.
There is (gentle reader) nothing (the works of God only set apart) which so much beautifies and adorns the soul and mind of man as does knowledge of the good arts and sciences . Many arts there are which beautify the mind of man; but of all none do more garnish and beautify it than those arts which are called mathematical , unto the knowledge of which no man can attain, without perfect knowledge and instruction of the principles, grounds, and Elements of Geometry.
john dee— ?"The Mathematical Preface" to Henry Billingsley's English translation of Euclid's Elements (1570)
One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
ramakrishna— p. 874 (The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942))
The ultimate goal of human life is to attain spiritual perfection (moksha), or freedom from transmigration of the atman . The social existence of an individual is means for attaining this supreme goal. Since an individual cannot attain moksha without fulfilling his (her) individual and social duties, responsibilities and obligations, Hindu social philosophy...includes the essential social principles and practices, goals of human life: dharma (moral law), artha (wealth), kama (pleasure), and moksha (spiritual perfection, the ultimate goal).
— Bansi Pandit, in The Hindu Mind: Fundamentals of Hindu Religion and Philosophy for All Ages (1 January 2001), p.279
A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted, he must also be right.
— 1977 Ever Since Darwin.
One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds, to know how to play long notes and short notes and to [attain] certain unlimited dexterity... A well formed technique, it seems to me, [is one] that can control and vary a beautiful sound quality.
frédéric chopin— Chopin: Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger (1986)
Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.
ptolemy— Book I, sec. 1
In the spiritual life, as in all organic processes, everyone has their optimum and it is just as harmful to go beyond it as not to attain it.
pierre teilhard de chardin— On Christian Asceticism, p. 100
To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.
meher baba— "The Lover and the Beloved", p. 1
Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue.
george mason— Letter to William Cabell (6 May 1783)
It was a wise and useful provision of the ancients to transmit their thoughts to posterity by recording them in treatises, so that they should not be lost, but, being developed in succeeding generations through publications in books, should gradually attain in later times, to the highest refinement of learning.
vitruvius— De architectura (Translation: The Ten Books On Architecture), Book VII, Introduction, Sec. 1 (~ 15BC)
To attain Moksha while alive, the individual consciousness must become non-existent because then there is nothing left in the mind . Then, due to the attainment of Moksha, he becomes immersed forever in Pure Consciousness and the Liberated. One must live out his Dharma for the sake of others.
— Swami Harinanda, in Yoga and The Portal, p.344
According to one tradition, Muhammad insisted that “without the mercy of God no one can attain salvation by virtue of his action.
— Quran, in "Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (01-Aug-2002)", p.128
I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what the attacker might possess, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will inevitably ensue.
— As quoted in Soviet Strategy and the New Military Thinking (1992) by Derek Leebaert and Timothy Dickinson, p. 68
Young children [are] sooner allured by love than driven by beating to attain good learning.
Roger Ascham— 1570 The Schoolmaster,'A Preface to the Reader'.
Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
Anthony Trollope— 1876 Prime Minister to Phineas. The Prime Minister, ch.68.
As early pioneers in the knowing, that when you lose your reason, you attain highest perfect knowing.
jack kerouac— Book of Blues (1995)
Man's natural life span, 75 to 90 years or so, has not increased. It is the number of us who manage to attain it that has increased.
andrew tobias— Chapter 12, They Bet Your Life, p. 209
Said the tiger to the lily, Said the viper to the rose, Let us marry so our children May attain the double pose. With a feline half a flower With the attar in the asp We could institute a slaughter That would make a planet gasp.
nathalia crane— "Proposals"
I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy, and fully realize the possible dangers and catastrophes which might result for mankind from an irresponsible attitude. In this field my wish is for Iran to put all her efforts towards the peaceful use of atomic energy. We shall continue to co-operate with all the nations of the world to attain this end in the interests of human society.
muhammad reza pahlavi— Message to the White House, April 1977, as quoted in The Shah's Story, page 67-68
As soon as an opinion becomes common it is sufficient reason for men to abandon it and to uphold the opposite opinion until that in its turn grows old, and they require to distinguish themselves by other things. Thus if they attain their goal in some art or science, we must expect them soon to cast it aside to acquire some fresh fame, and this is partly the reason why the most splendid ages degenerate so quickly, and, scarcely emerged from barbarism, plunge into it again.
vauvenargues, luc de clapiers, marquis de— p. 179. (Reflections and Maxims (1746))
There is a world of difference between the one who would imitate the conduct of the successful merchant, who sits in the front pew of his church, and him who would follow literally the teachings of Jesus Christ. To attain perfectly the one ideal if it be an ideal is a comparatively simple task. To attain the other, is perhaps an impossibility.
— p.53 (Why We Fail as Christians (1919))
It is not with a rush and a spring that we are to reach Christ's character, and attain to perfect saintship; but step by step, foot by foot, hand over hand, we are slowly and often painfully to mount the ladder that rests on earth, and rises to heaven.
— P. 563. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
My child, I bless you from my heart that you live long, attain devotion, and enjoy peace. Peace is the principal thing. One needs peace alone.
— Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda. Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations. p. 315.
It is not only spirits who punish the evil, the soul brings itself to judgment: and also it is not right for those who endure for ever to attain everything in a short time: and also, there is need of human virtue. If punishment followed instantly upon sin, men would act justly from fear and have no virtue.
— XIX. Why sinners are not punished at once.
But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and retain that greatest good for the greatest number which this government of the people was created to ensure.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt, in The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership, p.168
