“One can acquire everything in solitude except genuine Character, real Love & true Happiness.” ~ inspired by Stendhal I know how tempting it is to get distracted by all the international intrigue and violent melodrama that’s been filling our newsfeeds of late … And I know that it IS indeed truly important to “become informed” […]
“The master moves towards the disciple, and the disciple moves towards the master. Sooner or later they are going to meet … It is inevitable. Their meeting is not of the body; and their meeting is not of the mind. Their meeting is of the very Soul, as if suddenly you were to bring two […]
“I am pretty sure that you will not find your way to real Happiness with your thoughts. Only actions — preferably choices different from the ones you’ve taken in the past — will help you climb out of the hole of selfishness in which you reside … You’re going to simply have to get up […]
“When you don’t do the habitual thing, you are bound to feel pain … So we opt again & again for short-term gratifications that in the long run keep us stuck in the same cycles of suffering … Instead of seeing our emotional reactions as obstacles to be overcome, it is more helpful to see […]
“When I look back at my life’s amazing road and all its serendipity, I have to laugh. Now, as I look ahead, I laugh again, hoping it saves me some time I used to spend worrying.” ~ Rebecca Rodriguez Heller
“Weather forecast for tonight: Dark; continued dark overnight; with widely scattered light by morning.” ~ George Carlin Screw all the forecasts & all the prognostications & all the predictions … Screw all the prognoses & all the polls & all the indicators & all the prophecies … The only thing that’s for sure in your […]
“In a world of smart bombs & military intelligence, we need more fools.” ~ Shane Claiborne . “If we are crazy, it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy.” ~ Peter Maurin . “With the global economy in chaos & the environment of the planet […]
“What is it to be Human? It isn’t only the realization that we are descended from kings. It is the realization that we are royalty ourselves, empires on two feet striding in power, strolling continents of awe.” ~ inspired by Hal Boyle
You are the True Self within — a Self that understands that gentleness is your greatest Strength … a Self that comprehends that Kindness is your greatest protection … a Self that realizes that softness is your greatest Power. ……… “A man once told the Buddha, ‘I want Happiness’. The Buddha said, ‘Remove your ‘I’, […]
“God is dead.” ~ Nietzsche. “Nietzsche is dead.” ~ God. Today is a good day to live … Today is also a good day to die. And though I might indeed die today, I will most certainly choose to Live.
“Our Friends give us the courage to lift the veils from our hearts … and our enemies give us the opportunity to do so.” ~ anonymous
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