Evka Lea > Evka's Quotes

“If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
― Lao-tse

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames”
― Rumi

“Poems are rough notations for the music we are.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Love is the whole thing.
We are only pieces.”
― Rumi

“We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence — yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.”
― Antonio Damasio, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain