Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha
“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
Langston Hughes
“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”
Socrates
“You could leave life right now.” “Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside and hustle for your worthiness.”
Brene Brown
“Sometimes you’ve got to look straight into the tired eyes of the woman staring back at you in the mirror and tell her that she deserves the best kind of love, the best kind of life, and devote yourself to giving it to her all over again.”
S.C. Lourie
“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”
Sharon Draper
“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“No matter what kind of stuff you tell the world, or tell yourself, your actions reveal your real values. Your actions show you what you actually want.”
Derek Sivers
“‘What should I do?’ I asked myself. ‘Spend another two miserable years like this? Or should I truly welcome my panic?’ I decided to really let go of wanting to block, get rid of, or fight it. I would finally learn how to live with it, and to use it as support for my meditation and awareness. I welcomed it for real. What began to happen was that the panic was suspended in awareness. On the surface level was panic, but beneath it was awareness, holding it. This is because the vital first step to breaking the cycle of the anxious mind is to connect to awareness.”
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Don’t waste your time and energy trying to convince people to value you. If you have to fight for their attention and respect, it’s time to move on.”
Lori Deschane
