. . . wishes are like magnifying glasses they enlarge and focus an intention that is already inside us.
Stephen MitchellThere are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs. The frogs never become princes, but it is an acknowledged fact that a prince may very well, in the course of an ordinary marrige, gradually, at first almost imperceptibly, turn into a frog. Happy the woman who after twenty-five years still wakes up beside the prince she fell in love with.
Stephen MitchellTags: love
Whatever thought grips the mind at the time of death is the one which will propel it and decide for it the nature of its future birth. Thus if one wants to attain god after death, one has to think of him steadfastly... This is not as simple as it sounds, for at the time of death the mind automatically flies to the thought of an object (i.e. money, love) which has possessed it during its sojourn in the world. Thus one must think of god constantly.
Stephen MitchellTags: god death spirituality hinduism
When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.
Stephen MitchellWhen he makes you a promise, he is assuring you that however the world changes, his word will not change. Thus, he is creating the future inside the present. Even more: he is creating the present inside the present. He is establishing on stationary point amid the infinite flux of events.
Stephen MitchellHmm,' said the King. 'I must write that down in my book of aphorisms. I don't know if it is deep, but it sounds deep.
Stephen MitchellThe Frog was the only one who could retrieve the golden ball because he was the only one who could descend into the well. He was the only one who could descend into the well because the art of diving was still unknown in Europe at this time. The art of diving was still unknown in Europe because it had not yet been imported from India. Therefore the Frog was the only one who could retrieve the golden ball. Q.E.D.
Stephen MitchellHappily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.
Stephen MitchellWhat we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.
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