Scriptures

 

Hinduism: Bhagavad Gita VI:17

“For one who is moderate in food and amusement, restrained in the performance of his activities, whose sleep and waking are regulated, yoga destroys all pain.”

 

Buddhism: Dhammapada XX: 1

“Of paths, the eightfold is the best, of truths, the four sayings, of virtues, freedom from attachment, of two footed beings, the person possessed of the eye for truth/insight.”

 

Zoroastrianism: Gatha Yasna 45

“I realized you as Bountiful, O Mazda Ahura when the Good Mind encircled me declaring that silent meditation is best for humanity.”

 

Judaism:  Tanakh: 1 Samuel 9: 20-21

“As for your asses that strayed three days ago, do not concern yourself about them, for they have been found.  And for whom is all Israel yearning, if not for you and all your ancestral house?”

 

Christianity: New Testament: Paul’s Letter to the Romans 14:7-8

“For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, unto the Lord, whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”

 

Qu’ran: Surah 16: 10

“It is He who sends down water from the sky, which provides you with your drink and brings forth the pasturage on which your cattle feed; He causes to grow for you thereby herbage, and the olives, and the palm trees, and the grapes, and of all the fruits; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.