Wisdom Quote by Lama Surya Das — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Taking the decision-making process away from people disempowers them. It also makes them much less likely to buy into the decision, however right it may be. One’s own conscience remains the ultimate arbiter.”

“I believe that this is the time to become warriors for peace and dialogue, not warmongers or mere worriers.”

“That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid.”

“A moment’s beginning ends in a moment”

“This is what it means to say the heart is more than a pumping machine.”

“Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you. Mysteries never open up for those who go on questioning. Questioners sooner or later end up in a library. Questioners sooner or later end up with scriptures, because scriptures are full of answers.”

“On Legacy: "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." — Pericles”

“To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.”