Eknath Easwaran People Quotations

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.

When we try to get ourselves out of the way, we can understand much better the needs of the people closest to us.

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.

There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.