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Quotes by "Eknath Easwaran"

As rivers flow into the ocean but cannot make the vast ocean overflow, so flow the streams of the sense-world into the sea of peace that is the sage.
— Eknath Easwaran The Bhagavad Gita
Tags: world-peace, wisdom, sage, peace-of-mind, inner-peace, bhagavad-gita
Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive.
— Eknath Easwaran Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan: A Man to Match His Mountains
Tags: suffering, faith
As long as we lean on anything outside ourselves for support, we are going to be insecure. Most of us try to find support by leaning on all sorts of things - gold, books, learning, sensory stimulation - and if these things are taken away, we fall over. To the extent that we are dependent on these external supports, we grow weaker and more liable to upsets and misfortune.
— Eknath Easwaran The End of Sorrow
Tags: spirituality, inner-strength, independence, detachment
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