Import 595 List

Those who have no faith in God, Though they seem strong-minded, Appear lonely to me. To curse and grudge is hellish; We should not create hell among ourselves.

Those who believe in God endure well, and advance well. Those who have no faith have neither life nor strength.

There are many people in the world claiming that they believe in God, but those who truly do are few.

In this world there are those who take their own religion as the only true faith, and refuse to admit others. There are even extremists who reject other faiths as being heretical. 　This is a grievous misunderstanding, since it is only natural that religions and denominations vary according to time, place, circumstance and individual.

An intellectual person may be apt to think that since God is all-pervading spirit, there is no need in particular to worship Him. This is by no means so. It is like thinking that because we are close to person we need not bother to exchange civilities with him.

If one abandons a life of acquisition for a life of giving, for the first time one will know how great God's protection is.

Those who do not feel the burden of the world's adversity do not pray.

To make a true friend is to make true heaven.

It is harder to win a single human being than it is to gain the whole world.

Trust is true wealth for man. He who does not have the trust of another person, has nothing of worth. If you wish to win the everlasting trust of others, you must devote your eternal love to them.

Woe to those who fail to perceive their true self and eternal spirit, clinging instead to transient form and temporary matters. For they only come to ruin.

What is the use of obtaining material things alone? Material things cannot be traded for elevation of the soul.

Be magnanimous. Do not pursue those who left, nor refuse those who have come.

Once started, complaint knows no bounds. A falling leaf can be a nuisance. A mosquito's drone, the buzzing of flies, peoples' faces, the weather. All may enrage one.

In all matters, we must let others become aware of the truth on their own. However ardently we may preach to them, they will not by any means simply accept our words.

Letting people be as they are and grow as they will, is true religion.

True religion is true philosophy. Religion gives concrete form to the arts.

Today, mental suffering is rampant, because people deal in material alone and ignore their chief function, which is spiritual.

Man is, by nature, a unity of spirit and body, much more than the mere product of male and female union.

We are angels as well as beasts. We stand at the junction between heaven and hell. Originally we receive a pure and innocent spirit, but we often stain this spirit unknowingly by our avarice and are enslaved by devils who take advantage of our unguarded moments.

It is the way of things that something done without pleasure has a good chance of turning out badly, while something done with relish will proceed more easily and turn out better. It is the way you feel about it that makes the difference.

Don't ridicule yesterday, and don't shrink from tomorrow; Cry when you're sad, and dance when you 're happy; Eat, fall in love, aspire and cherish; Change as you must, improve gradually; Strive forward for all etenity.

To accomplish something great, you need to be the sort of person others willingly make sacrifices for. Without knowing how to attract and foster people, and put them to good use, you will not achieve any great work. Talent alone will avail you little.

The beginning is important, the end is important.

Comments on the same mountain will vary according to viewpoint. You may only have heard people talking about it, or you may only know where it is on the map. You may know what it is like at its foot, or ascending its slope, or the view from its summit. Everything depends on where you are standing.

To judge things from only a single person's interest and reasoning is insufficient. One needs a wider than source.

If you have a craving to smoke, a single cigarette will mean more to you than a hundred cigarettes would if you are fed up with smoking. In this world, the true state of affairs is often quite contrary to what you would suppose from appearances.

It is true, when I think about it, that this world is full of pain, loneliness, and heartache. But, actually, it is ourselves and not the world who are full of pain, loneliness, and heartache.

Observe the wide expanse of the world around you instead of concentrating exclusively on yourself. You'll be surprised at all the things out there to be seen.

Material things are educational toys for teaching us certain aspects of the spirit world – that is, the truth of the universe. They are by themselves transitory and of no great value.

If you look upon the world as a blast furnace to temper the steel of your character, all will go well. But if you look upon the world as a blast furnace for your special torment, life will be quite unbearable.

It is too simple to blame society for all your troubles. Take a more serious look at yourself. A right-minded person who has tasted the bitter lessons of life is the ideal person

True happiness lies in showing kindness to one another. Happiness is found in a sympathetic affinity between souls.

Since this world is boundless, why do people cling to their baubles and writhe in their suffering ?

This world of ours being what it is, you had better give up having it easy, and make up your mind to exert yourself to the utmost. Then you can be filled with thanksgiving, come what may.

The eye, the nose and the mouth -- each has its respective function. It is impossible for eyes to take the place of nose, or for nose to substitute for mouth. Each of us has our own good points and possesses a unique talent.

If we appreciate each others' merits and help each other out, we can bring peace and harmony to the world.

It is sad that there is so little difference between today's great men, and men with nothing remarkable about them at all.

People may think about great things, but they are still perplexed by small affairs. It is odd the extremes to which people go in their thinking and in their actions.

Happy are those who live life on the edge. For they are making headway.

Nightfall is already latent during the day, and morning is prepared at midnight.

The seeds of sin are sown during one's best days, and the ladder to heaven is built from one's suffering.

Because germination does not take place at the same time as sowing, people often think that seeds sprout without needing to be planted. Though you may not have done the sowing, the seeds sown by your parents or grandparents will sprout and flower when the conditions are right.

There is no other way to think and to act than to improve what is good, and decrease what is bad.

We work for the benefit of the world. This work is primary, and monetary reward belongs to a secondary order of things.

What represents the material world is money, and what represents the spiritual world is the human heart. To put it simply, money and heart are opposite sides of the same coin. The reconstruction of the world is a matter of sending material wealth to the scaffold: in other words, to pull down a world ruled by money in favor of a world ruled by the human heart.

Endeavors that are truly for world betterment will, in the course of time, receive their just reward.

Eyes trying to be nose, nose acting like eyes, fingers simulating the stomach, or stomach the fingers could only lead to failure in every area. It is the same in human society. It is obvious that unless people take positions befitting their characters, abilities and traits, they will be at a loss.

Having respect and love for oneself and at the same time for others is true individualism and the true principle of mutual prosperity.

If you try impatiently to rush some project to its completion, you will more than likely make a disaster of it. We must learn to take an interest in how things grow by steps and stages, and cultivate in ourselves attitudes of tenderness and patience as though bringing up a baby. We must learn to care and to sacrifice ourselves unsparingly. We must wait patiently for the hour of fulfillment.

We must understand that the world is one and at the same time limitless; that it is nothingness and it is existence.

Let us not suppose that this unclean world can purify itself overnight. But we must never despair, since perfection is the will and aim of the universe.

Our world is being created while at the same time it is creating. We are born and raised by God, society and our parents, while simultaneously taking part in creating new life.

There is only one thing that can make a finer world, and that is good will. Surely our hearts should abound with good will toward all things.

Love is without limits. Words of affection given to others do not dry up the supply of such words. Good wishes lavished on others cannot diminish the flow of such wishes.

How can we have a peaceful world if we go on fighting with each other, hating each other, nursing grudges against each other ?

In this world, man is deity. There's no point in merely praying to God without thinking highly of each other, respecting each other, and loving each other.

A man cannot improve others without improving himself, and at the same time, he cannot improve himself without improving others.

Until the world becomes one family, true happiness will not come to this earth. I feel keenly the time is approaching when a spirit of entrusting everything to the divine will can rule the world.

Though skin color varies, and manners and customs differ, we still have love and goodness in common. In this love and goodness shared by all, we should join hands and face the common task.

Those who reflect upon themselves and recognize that they are small and unworthy will unfailingly receive God's compassion. Such understanding will surely come to those who have true faith.

Without faith, peace of mind is impossible. Without mental repose, one will be plagued daily by fear of earthquake, fire and typhoon.

Convicion is quick to wane, but faith in God is not easily shaken. One must enter into faith through practice. In this practice, it is essential to trust in one's teachers and carefully heed their words.

Faith is, essentially, believing. Belief is born from the recognition of something as truth. Ascertaining truth is not knowing externally, it is awakening inwardly.

If one feels jealousy, resentment, or distrust, by no means can one realize light, joy, and peace.

Being thankful always is the first step in approaching God. Filled with the sense that God lies in everything, one is always with God.

Being grateful and joyful at all times is the essence of faith. We must look upon everything brightly, as God's benevolence.

Your life is not a true one until your interests are centered on creation and the joy of getting things done.

Simply by memorizing phrases from the Bible or other religious texts, and transmitting them to people like a gramophone, you will never illuminate others. Unless people who preach embody in themselves broad life experience and true understanding, and the people who come in contact with them are naturally influenced and enlightened, their teaching cannot be true teaching.

We cannot see God, but we can feel God. Think about the world that eludes the eye, and the power that is invisible. Open your mind to the being who created us and gives us life.

The world without God is dark indeed. Those who do not know God will find only despair.

Arguing about the existence of something simply proves that it does indeed exist. If something absolutely does not exist, then how can an argument for its existence occur to our minds?

Until we understand perfectly that we have been created, we cannot attain true faith.

We cannot know God, but we can believe in God. Abandoning the struggle to know by intellect alone, we must induce our hearts to believe unconditionally, our minds to praise, and our bodies to worship.

Since a certain degree of freedom is granted to man, even God cannot dominate him by the use of external force alone, and must appeal to man's independent nature, and so that it appears that man plans and advances by his own will.

If we cannot feel God nor see light at all, it is obviously due to our own egotistic attachment and arrogance. The fact of the matter is that most people in this world do not devote themselves earnestly to the search for God and the truth.

Every thought we have is registered in the spirit world, and if we earnestly search for God, God will appear before our eyes. But if we in our hearts turn away from God, God will depart from us at once.

Beginning with self-interest and self-love, and extending your sphere gradually, in the end you can erase the division between yourself and others, and arrive at a stage where other people are pleasant because you are pleasant, or that you are sad because others are sad.

The activity of God is giving life to everything and fostering all, while the activity of evil spirits is harmful and ruinous to the whole.

Often caught in situations where they cannot even guess what is behind the veil, people will still pronounce upon the nature of the universe and stoutly maintain that it has no creator. Human audacity is astounding.

It is better to take action courageously and straightforwardly than to remain inactive for fear of failure.

If you carry a burden of sin, you will be apt to take a negative attitude, and in spite of knowing what you should do, you will find it difficult to carry out.

The actual world around us is, of course, a material world. So even though the cultivation of our soul and its powers may be our first priority, we cannot leave the physical completely out of consideration. The important thing is not to let ourselves get bogged down in materialism.

In the material world everything has its limits, but in the spirit world, there are no limitations. For example, however long we may live in the flesh, that flesh must eventually decay. The soul, however, lasts eternally.

Even one who was considered a wicked person, if that person had even one friend, is to some extent enveloped in the warmth of that love. So after that person's death, even though they suffer, they will still have something to comfort them.

Heaven depends on earth and earth depends on heaven, God depends on humans and humans depend on God, man depends on woman and woman depnds on man, inside depends on outside and outside depends on inside. In this way complete existence can be realized.

It is the inner world where one thinks, and it is the external world where one lives and has one's being. Because we think, we exist; and as we exist, we think.

The more one improves and purifies oneself, the higher the order of things one takes to one's spirit and body. That is to say, the things and places one affirms and chooses likewise improve and become purer.

One cannot advance and become purer by one's own effort, unless one is cleansed by the light of the divine. One can only prepare oneself to receive the light more effectively.

In the eyes of God, a complete entity cannot exist independent of help from without, but from our own viewpoint, it is we ourselves who make the world.

"Good thoughts make a good person and evil thoughts make an evil person Dabble in vermilion and you will turn red.

It is a good thing to share as much pleasure as possible with others and to shield them from our distress.

Only when you concentrate your mind on something will inspiration come to you. When your mind in a blank, certainly nothing is going to occur to you.

If we show delight over anything or over any action, our fellow human beings will surely feel delight and gratitude as well.

A gallon bottle holds a gallon, and a pint bottle only holds a pint. One person will receive joy and another will receive sorrow only to the extent their capacity will permit.

Good luck or bad, weal or woe, joy or sorrow, virtue or vice, all of these come from ourselves and return to ourselves.

As soon as we see that a matter is against our best interests, we ourselves immediately become wicked. Such is the way of the world. If we don't stop hating and harming those who are disadvantageous to us, the world will go on being full of turmoil.

Truly ridiculous and narrow is a world where people take everything amiss, where they doubt, bear grudges, or grieve themselves over trifles.

The timid are often cruel.

It is entirely our own attitude that determines whether our world be a place of joy or torment, be wide or narrow, large or small, bright or dark. The important thing is how we can change that attitude.