The way that can be spoken of
Is not the constant way;
The name that can be named
Is not the constant name.
The nameless was the beginning of heaven and earth;
The named was the mother of the myriad creatures.
Hence always rid yourself of desires in order to observe its secrets;
But always allow yourself to have desires in order to observe its manaifestations.
These two are the same
But diverge in name as they issue forth.
Being the same they are called mysteries,
Mystery upon mystery -
The gateway of the manifold secrets.
-Tao Te Ching, I

Words and mind go to Him,
But reach Him not and return.
But he who knows the joy of Brahman,
fears no more.
-Taittiriya Upanishad

It is not thought which we should want to know;
We should know the thinker.
-Kaushitaki Upanishad

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.
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When one sees Eternity in things that pass away
And Infinity in finite things,
Then one has pure knowledge.
But if one merely sees the diversity of things,
With their dividions and limitations,
Then one has impure knowledge.
And if one selfishly sees a thing as if it were everything,
Independent of the One and the many,
Then one is in the darkness of ignorance.
-Bhagavad Gita, xviii. 20-22

In any way that men love me,
In that same way they find my love:
For many are the paths of men,
But they all in the end come to me.
-Bhagavad Gita

This above all, to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
-Hamlet, of Shakespeare

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not fear.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
And leadeth me beside quiet streams.
He gives me new strength.
He helps me do what honors him most.
Even though I walk through the valley of death,
I shall not fear,
For the Lord is close beside me,
Guarding me,
Guiding me all the way.
-The Bible, Psalm 23: 1- 4

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No one can get to the Father except by means of me.
-The Bible, John 14: 6

There is nothing better for a man than to be happy
And enjoy himself as long as he can;
That he should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of his labors,
For these are gifts from God.
And I know this, that whatever God does is final,
Nothing can be added or taken from it...
Whatever is has been long ago;
And whatever is going to be has been before;
God brings to pass again what was in the distant past and disappeared.
-Ecclesiastes, 3: 12-14

1. God; Eternity; the Cosmos; Time; Generation.
2.   God maketh Eternity;
Eternity maketh the COsmos;
The Cosmos maketh Time;
Time maketh Generation.
3.   The Substance, or Essence,
Of God, is the Good, the Beautiful, The Blessedness, and Wisdom;
Of Eternity, is Identity and Sameness;
Of the Cosmos, is Order;
Of Time, is Change;
Of Generation, is Life and Death.
4.   The Operation, Energy, or Activity
Of God, is in the Soul;
Of Eternity, is in Permanence and Immortality;
Of the Cosmos, is in Integration and Re-integration;
Of Time, is in Augmentation and Diminution;
Of Generation, is in Qualities.
5.   Therefore, Eternity is in God;
The Cosmos is in Eternity;
Time is in the Cosmos;
Generation is in Time.
6.   Eternity abides with God;
The Cosmos is moved in Eternity;
Time is accomplished in the Cosmos;
Generation takes place in Time.
7.   Therefore, the Source and Foundation of All is God,
But the Essence of Substance is Eternity;
And the Matter is the Cosmos.
8.   The Power of God is Eternity;
The Work of Eternity is the Cosmos,
Which is unmanifest and also ever being made manifest by Eternity.
9.   Therefore, the Cosmos shall never be destroyed, nor the things in it perish,
For Eternity is indestructible,
and the Cosmos is contained and encompassed by Eternity.
-The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus (egyptian sage)