The Kingdom of Heaven is Within and Other Guidance



"The kingdom of heaven is within"- Luke 17:20-21

"If you believe that heaven is in the sky, then the birds go in ahead of you"- Jesus (Gospel of Thomas)

"He who knows himself knows his Lord". -Muhammad

"What we are looking for is what is looking"- St. Francis of Asissi

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."-Albert Einstein

"Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek most to know themselves." - William Shakespeare

"Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?"~Rumi

"Be still and know that I am god"- Psalm 46:10

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”-Buddha

"Thou sleep’st: awake, and see thyself."- William Shakespeare

“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.”-Buddha

“The Way is not in the sky; the Way is in the heart.” - Buddha

“Indeed he succeeds who purifies his own self” - Quaran

"When we seen men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves." -Confucious

"If you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty and you are poverty." - Saint Thomas

 "Knowing thyself is the beginning of all Wisdom" -Aristotle

“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.” ―Pythagoras

“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”- Ramana Maharshi

'Know Thyself'- Plato

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."~ Rumi

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung

"To be aware is to be awake. You are aware anyhow, you need not try to be. What you need is to be aware of being aware." - Nisargadatta

"Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe." ~ Pythagoras

"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to reveal itself." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost." - Nisargadatta

"To know oneself is to know the everlasting reality that is consciousness, and to know it is to be it."-Kashani

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