The First Lesson To Learn Is To

Very Often In Everyday Life One Sees That By Losing One's Temper With Someone Who Has Already Lost His, One Does Not Gain Anything But Only Sets Out Upon The Path Of Stupidity. He Who Has Enough Self-control To Stand Firm At The Moment When The Other Person Is In A Temper, Wins In The End. It Is Not He Who Has Spoken A Hundred Words Aloud Who Has Won; It Is He Who Has Perhaps Spoken Only One Word.

Prayer From The Depth And Prayer From The Surface Are Two Prayers. One Can Utter What Christ Has Called 'vain Repetitions', Just Repeating The Prayer; One Does Not Fix One's Mind On The Meaning Of The Prayer. If The Depth Of One's Heart Has Heard The Prayer, God Has Heard It.

When I Open My Eyes To The Outer World I Feel Myself As A Drop In The Sea. But When I Close My Eyes And Look Within, I See The Whole Universe As A Bubble Raised In The Ocean Of My Heart.

... The Wise In All Ages... Have Tried To Learn One Thing Only, And That Was Resignation To The Will Of God. By Doing This, They Have Reached A Stage At Which They Could See From God's Point Of View.

When One Bell Is Rung, By The Sound Of That One Bell Other Bells Will Also Vibrate. So It Is With The Dancing Of The Soul...it Produces Its Reaction, And That Again, Will Make Other Souls Dance.