Quotes May 24, 2017

“I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
“Always hold fast to the present. Every situation, indeed every moment, is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
 
“In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go.”
“As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.”
Jack Kornfield
 
 
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
Dalai Lama
 
 
“Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life.”
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense.”
Marcus Aurelius
 
 
“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.”
ThichNhat Hanh
 
 
“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.”
“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient.”
Marilynne Robinson
 
 
“This isn’t just “another day, another dollar.” It’s more like “another day, another miracle.”
“In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be, and in this moment, there is infinite possibility.”
“It stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor.”
Victoria Moran
 
 
“If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.”
Sharon Salzberg
 
 
“By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness.”
Matthieu Ricard
 
 
“Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.”
Allan Lokos
 
 
“Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
Robin Sharma
 
 
“Maybe,” he said, rubbing her forehead. “But don’t worry about it. You need to be a little bit crazy. Crazy is the price you pay for having an imagination. It’s your superpower. Tapping into the dream. It’s a good thing not a bad thing.”
Ruth Ozeki
 
 
“If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart…”
Pema Chödrön