The art of listening comes from a quiet mind and an open heart. - Ram Dass

woman once came to Gandhi with her young son. “Mahatma-ji, tell my son to stop eating sugar. It’s not good for him.” Gandhi told her to return with her son in a week’s time. When they returned, Gandhi said to the boy, “Stop eating sugar.” The woman was perplexed and asked Gandhi why he couldn’t have told the boy that a week earlier. Gandhi replied, “Because at that time I had not given up sugar.” What

The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.

The true devotees of God never wear saffron, carry malas (prayer beads), or put on sandalwood. You can’t know them unless they want it, and then you can only know them as much as they allow.