Shirish Rao

“as long as we still judge and accuse, the heart of the matter is not reached. And so we should not only remember the dead, but also forgive the living. Just as we reach out our hand to the dead, across all graves, so we reach out to the living—across all hatred. And when we say: Honored be the dead, so we should add: And peace to all the living who are of goodwill.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning

“If you take people to be what they think themselves to be, you will only hurt them as they hurt themselves so grievously all the time. But if you see them as they are in reality, it will do them enormous good.”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj, I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“for he who grasps the unreal is bound; mark this, my companion.”
― Adi Shankaracharya, The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and other writings of Sankaracharya

“Be at peace with your own soul
then heaven & earth will be at peace with you.

Enter eagerly into the treasure
house that is within you,

And you will see the things that are in heaven,
for there is but one single entry to them both.

The ladder that leads to the Kingdom
is hidden within your soul…

Dive into yourself and in your soul
and you will discover the stairs
by which to ascend.”
― Isaac of Nineveh