Destiny

Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel. I am a carpenter of my own soul. Rumi

Discipline

Reliable and genuine discipline comes not from repression, but from an understanding of all the whys and wherefores of our actions. HHDL

Deeds

Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. Buddha

Dreams

The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream. Harry Kemp

Truth

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. Spencer Johnson

Paradise

The earth is beautiful. If you start living its beauty, enjoying its joys with no guilt in your heart, you are in paradise. Osho

Looking Down

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. Jesse Jackson

Circumstance

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. James Allen

Life

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look at your present actions. Padmasambhava

Enjoy

My advice is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate. Thornton Wilder

Reasoning

Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed. Bhagavad Gita

Hands

Hold up your hands before your eyes. You are looking at the hands of God. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Treasures

Oh soul, you worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds. Rumi

Deep Place

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub. Unknown

Practice

Submit to a daily practice. Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open a window.
Rumi

Being

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss

Attitude

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. Kahlil Gibran

Calm

The mind of the sage is

Empty and calm,
Profoundly calm,
Dealing with the world
Harmoniously
Like bellows taking in air,
Like pipes containing music.

- Chen Ting-Van

Peace

You cannot find peace by avoiding life. Virginia Woolf

Spiritual Philosophy

If your spiritual philosophy is not moving you to the state of peace, health, wealth and love your spirit desires...you need a new spiritual philosophy. Sun Bear

Growing

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hurt

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Nicholas Sparks 

One Moment

Everyday, God gives us the sun - and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything... Paulo Coelho

Solitude

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your own presence rather than of the absence of others. Alice Koller

Waiting?

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living. Eckhart Tolle