Guru Quotes Quotes

When birds eat from your hand, they are letting the whole world know that they trust you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sky won’t shed tears if stars refuse to shine, it will wait for the sun.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If a tree bears sweet fruit, birds have many reasons to visit it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you have nothing, be hopeful; when you have little, be grateful; when you have much, be sensible; when you have everything, be humble.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To be blind momentarily when light hits your eyes is better than to be blind permanently when darkness hits your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Light wears out the eyes but does not wear out the soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When enlightened souls come in contact with ignorant people like you, they have to speak in YOUR language, because you are not yet qualified to speak to them, you have not yet mastered the ART to commune with them. Ordinarily communication happens between two

~ Ramana Pemmaraju

When enlightened souls come in contact with ignorant people like you, they have to speak in YOUR language, because you are not yet qualified to speak to them, you have not yet mastered the ART to commune with them. Ordinarily communication happens between two minds, communion between two beings.

~ Ramana Pemmaraju

If you throw a stone into the ocean, it will reach the bottom; if you throw a word into someone’s heart, it will reach their soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are a god wrapped in flesh, the divinity you’ve always been seeking is wrapped within.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

An open heart leaves a breach for someone to pour love into it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When you look in the mirror and see your reflection, your eyes are open; when you look in the mirror and see God, your soul is open.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Bless the world with your positive thoughts,with your positive desires, with your positive words, and with your positive actions.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You have to fight great battles to guard your mind, extraordinary battles to protect your heart, and remarkable battles to defend your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world rewards you for what is in your mind, the universe rewards you for what is in your heart, and the Heavens reward you for what is in your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Lend your ears to the deaf, your eyes to the blind, your hands to the weak, your tongue to the mute, your mind to the perplexed, and your heart to the weary.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The world surrenders to an enlightened mind.The stars surrender to a joyful heart. The universe surrenders to a loving soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The mind is its thoughts, the heart is its desires, and the soul is its experiences.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Light only benefits one whose eyes are open.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo