Mind

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled. Buddha

Sky

You are the sky. Everything else--it's just the weather. Pema Chodron

Moving

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Lonely?

Do not feel lonely, The entire universe is inside you! Rumi

Past Mistakes

Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you. Unknown

Feeling

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

A Gift

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. Horace

Shadows

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.  Martin Buxbaum

Social Grace

Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.

Judith Martin

Acceptance

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James 

Wisdom and Knowledge

Wisdom and knowledge are not the same thing. The intellect can never lead one to a complete insight. One has to use one's entire being to come into contact with the truth.

Huineng

Flowers Out of Arrows

We can make flowers out of arrows. Every time you smile away your irritation and anger, you achieve a victory for yourself and for humanity. Thich Nhat Hanh

Arising

When you rise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius

Purpose

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg

Sages

When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way. Bodhidharma

Change

You were dust and now you are spirit. You were ignorant and now you are wise. Rumi

Each Day

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

Paulo Coelho

Life

Life itself is an empty canvas, it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is your glory. Osho

Attitude

The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Charles Swindoll

The Work

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. Buddha

Greater Miracle?

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau 

Kind Words

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa

Excellence

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

Service

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi

Relax

Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.  Osho

Destiny

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: none goes his way alone,
All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. Edwin Markham

Looking

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. Kendall Hailey

Good Actions

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. Miguel d Cervantes

Life

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. Frank Lloyd Wright