"The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it." — Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian spiritual teacher, born 1897
"The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death." — Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru, born 1879
"Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind." — Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru, born 1879
"The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened." — Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru, born 1879
"Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside." — Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru, born 1879
"I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally." — Bill Maher, American comedian, born 1956
"Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease." — Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, born 1911
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, born 1911
"Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle." — Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer, born 1860
"If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster." — Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer, born 1860
"Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing." — Norman Mailer, American author, born 1923
"There is no greater impotence in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you." — Norman Mailer, American author, born 192