Helena Roerich (1879–1955) Russian philosopher
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Leaves of Morya’s Garden: Book One (The Call) (1924)
Leaves Of Morya's Garden (1924 - 1925), Book I : The Call (1924)
Context: By holiness in life, guard the precious Gem of Gems.
Aum Tat Sat Aum!
I am thou, thou art I — parts of the Divine Self.
My Warriors! Life thunders — be watchful.
Danger! The soul hearkens to its warning!
The world is in turmoil — strive for salvation.
I invoke blessings unto you.
Salvation will be yours!
Life nourishes the soul.
Strive for the life glorified,
and for the realization of purity.
Put aside all prejudices — think freely.
Be not downcast but full of hope.
Flee not from life, but walk the path of salvation.
Helena Roerich (1879–1955) Russian philosopher
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Leaves of Morya’s Garden: Book One (The Call) (1924)
Margrethe II of Denmark (1940) Queen of Denmark
Quoted in Bistrup, Anne, 'Margrethe' (JP/Politikens Forlaghus (2005)).
Queenship
“There is no salvation till they have seen their basic prejudice.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
On people accustomed to judging and dismissing the worth of other people based on categorical assessments, in "Assorted Landmines", p. 148
Awareness (1992)
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: The moment is ripe: leave the heart and the mind behind you, go forward, take the third step.
Free yourself from the simple complacency of the mind that thinks to put all things in order and hopes to subdue phenomena. Free yourself from the terror of the heart that seeks and hopes to find the essence of things.
Conquer the last, the greatest temptation of all: Hope. This is the third duty.
“It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
Florilegium
Khalil Gibran book The Prophet
The Prophet (1923)
Context: Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have found the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.