Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Good Traveler

A good traveler has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Sun

He is the Sun in whose track every heart must follow. Rumi

Monday, February 27, 2012

Boredom


In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Compassion


If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sins


Men are not punished for their sins but by them. Elbert Hubbard

Friday, February 24, 2012

Silence


True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Courage


Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Meaning of Life


The meaning of life is to live moment to moment. Just follow the flow of life from childhood to old age. Be born when it is time to be born and die when it is time to die. Zhuang Zi

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Listen


Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love! Rumi

Monday, February 20, 2012

Start

If you really want to change your life, start immediately. Osho

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Echo

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

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Last Judgment


Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day. Albert Camus

Friday, February 17, 2012

Beginning of Time


We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Body


Everything in this world is transitory and fleeting...No man was ever born who could stop his body from changing constantly. Body is the name of a series of changes. Paramanananda

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Life


For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin... But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. Alfred Souza

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Growing


The blossom vanishes of itself as the fruit grows, so will your lower self vanish as the divine grows in you. Ramakrisna Parmahansa

Monday, February 13, 2012

Flow

Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe. Chuang Tzu

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Antagonists


Most people we perceive as 'antagonists' are merely struggling individuals trapped in their bounded worldview, desperately trying to pursue their own happiness. Robert Thurman

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Limited Time


It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Friday, February 10, 2012

Change


To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Improvement


You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Anger

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations.  Elliott Larson

Monday, February 6, 2012

Daring


When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Source


A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Soren Kierkegaard

Friday, February 3, 2012

Purpose


What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? T.S. Eliot

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Simplicity


We have long forgotten that activities can be simple and precise. Every act of our lives can contain simplicity and precision and thus can have tremendous beauty and dignity. Chogyam Trungpa

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Seeking


Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. Basho