Tag: Eknath Easwaran

How to Start

… if we want to change the world, we have to change ourselves. Unfortunately, that is not where most people begin. Most of the leaders I have met, both here and in India, strike a…

Today’s One-Liner (#182)

Those who keep thinking about their needs, their wants, their plans, their ideas, cannot help becoming lonely and insecure.  –Eknath Easwaran, Seeing with the Eyes of Love: Reflections on a Classic of Christian Mysticism, 11

Today’s One-Liner (#169)

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that. –Saint Teresa of Avila, quoted in Eknath Easwaran, Love Never Faileth: The Inspiration of Saint Francis, Saint. Augustine, Saint Paul, and Mother…

Today’s One-Liner (#113)

When we keep pointing a finger of judgment at others, we are teaching our mind a lasting habit of condemnation.  –Eknath Easwaran, Original Goodness: On the Beatitudes, 160

Aspiration

May my eyes always see what is good.May my ears always hear what is good.May my mouth always speak what is good. –Eknath Easwaran, The Constant Companion: Inspiration for Daily Living from The Thousand Names…

Today’s One-Liner (#33)

Worry is probably the most energy-inefficient activity the mind is prone to. –Eknath Easwaran, Seeing with the Eyes of Love: Reflections on a Classic of Christian Mysticism, 159 

That Divine Spark

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch at the Vine with Natalie, when I learned more about her keen interest in Thérèse of Lisieux, such that I asked her to consider doing a Share…

Give This a Shot over the Next Few Months

We all can render a great service by listening to opposing opinions without agitation, discourtesy, or violence, and by offering our opinions not as nonnegotiable demands but as calm, courteous statements. –Eknath Easwaran, The End…