Watch an animal, a flower, a tree, and see how it rests in Being. It is itself. It has enormous dignity, innocence, and holiness. However, for you to see that, you need to go beyond the mental habit of naming and labelling. The moment you look beyond mental labels, you feel that ineffable dimension of nature that cannot be understood by thought or perceived through the senses. It is a harmony, a sacredness that permeates not only the whole of nature but is also within you.

~ Eckhart Tolle

A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world ~ his heart to God and his hands to work.

~ Swami Vivekananda