Negativity

When we act out of our negativity, the effect is like carving it into stone. The imprint remains for a long, long time. Genpo Merzel

Stillness

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Deepak Chopra

Transcending

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. Patanjali

Attitude

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. Victor Frankl

Hope

There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. Brooke Medicine Eagle

Rapture

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about. Joseph Campbell

Every Moment Counts

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own. Harmon Killebrew

Opportunities

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles R. Swindoll

Beauty

To see the beauty of the flower you need silence, not analysis; beauty can never be understood through analysis. Osho

The Soul

The soul can hear the violets grow. It can hear the throbbing heart of God. Edwin Leibfreed

Greatest Battles

Our greatest battles are that with our own minds. Jameson Frank

Harmony

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Albert Camus

The Great Gymnasium

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. Swami Vivekananda

Consistency

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy. Epictetus

Playing

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. George Bernard Shaw

Mistakes

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Einstein

Friendship

Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving. Osho

Anger

Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Live

In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it. William Saroyan

The Best

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. William Arthur Ward

Love

Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end. Rumi

Love of Life

If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us. Daisaku Ikeda

Logic

Life and meaning are totally different. Meaning is a logical concept, and life has nothing to do with logic. Osho

Still

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Lao Tzu

Hero

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve

Difficult Lives

I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well. Theodore Roosevelt

External Things

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus

Guide

Your soul - that inner quiet space - is yours to consult. It will always guide you in the right direction. Wayne Dyer 

Change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Alan Watts

Carrying

It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it. Lena Horne