Kindness

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer

Thoughts

Always remember that the only thought that you need to concern yourself with is the present one. The thoughts of yesterday or of last year do not matter now, because if you can get the present thought right it will make everything else right here and now. Emmet Fox

Giving

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou

Right Road

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. Dag Hammarskjold

Mountain

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey. Harold B. Melchart

Cherish

Before someone's tomorrow has been taken away, cherish those you love, appreciate them today. Michelle C. Ustaszeski

Mental Wellness

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. Abraham Maslow

Purpose

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut

A Fine Instrument

We can be spacious yet full of loving kindness; full of compassion, yet serene. Live like the strings of a fine instrument---not too taut but not too loose. The Buddha

Storms

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within that endangers him, not the storm without. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life

Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules. Ashleigh Brilliant

Birth

...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Change

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin

Love

Don't fall into the trap that there is only one special person that you are able to love. Instead, try to develop the expectation that the world is full of people that you can love and that can love you. Ken Keyes, Jr.

Moments

You will find, as you look back on your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others. Henry Drummond

Vulnerability

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle

Echo

When you seek love with all you heart ~ you shall find its echo’s in the universe.  Rumi

Happiness

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. Jose Marti

Purpose

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. 
I think the purpose of life is 
to be useful
to be responsible
to be compassionate.
It is, above all
to matter
to count
to stand for something
to have made some difference that you lived at all.
Leo Rosten

The Light

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back. Charles de Lint

Kindness

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu

Radiate

Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with. Wayne Dyer

Flow

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Chuang Tzu

Freedom

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

Knowledge

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Tao

I have just three things to teach:

Simplicity, patience, compassion.

These three are your greatest treasures.

Simple in actions and in thoughts,

you return to the source of being.

Patient with both friends and enemies,

you accord with  the way things are.

Compassionate toward yourself, 

you reconcile all beings in the world.

Tao te Ching

Seeking

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons. Bodhidharma

Simple Religion

This is my simple religion...There is no need for temples.
There is no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is the temple.

The philosophy is loving kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama

Shelter

It is in the shelter of each other, that the people live. Unknown

Inner Temple

Your life sparks fires from within your innermost temple.
No one can reach there but you, it is your inner sanctum.

You are your own master there, only you can reach and ignite the fire. Osho

Successful Marriage

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times...always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin