How many times have we attempted the impossible and tried to change other people. Often this ends up being an exercise of frustration as attempting to change others truly is a waste of time.

Catherine Pulsifer

Similar quotes

Listen to many, speak to a few.

William Shakespeare

Be conscious of yourself as consciousness alone, watch all the thoughts come and go. Come to the conclusion, by direct experience, that you are really consciousness itself, not its ephemeral contents.

Annamalai Swami

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Swami Vivekananda

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death — ourselves.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge the progress.

Ramana Maharshi

;