Source: Practical Mysticism (1914), Chapter V, Self Adjustment, p. 84
“Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.”
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Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer 1930–2009Related quotes
Vladimir Lenin
(1870–1924) Russian politician, led the October Revolution
Collected Works, Vol. 31.
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Ikkyu
(1394–1481) Japanese Buddhist monk
"A Fisherman" in Wild Ways : Zen Poems (2003), edited and translated by John Stevens, p. 37.
Context: Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind.
A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an invaluable treasure.
Dusk rain on the river, the moon peeking in and out of the clouds;
Elegant beyond words, he chants his songs night after night.
“It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.”
Source: Angela's Ashes (1996)
Variant: I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Source: Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 37.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
(1821–1881) Russian author
Book II, ch. 3 (trans. Constance Garnett)
The Elder Zossima, speaking to a devout widow afraid of death
The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880)
Context: If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love. If I, a sinner even as you are, am tender with you and have pity on you, how much more will God have pity upon you. Love is such a priceless treasure that you can redeem the whole world by it, and cleanse not only your own sins but the sins of others.
Prem Rawat
(1957) controversial spiritual leader
Fernbank, London, England October, 1971
1970s
Variant: If you want external happiness, it can be an elusive desire. Internal happiness needs only to be revealed. It is not elusive because it is within you. It is your treasure. If you take someone else's treasure, it is stealing, but if you turn to your own, it is not. Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.