Inspirational Quotes
"In the long run, we only hit what we aim at."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"How you live today is how you live your life."
~ Tara Brach
"There's a huge amount of suffering that is generated not by the actual challenges in life but by the fictitious problems that the mind generates."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"Dispelling dread isn't a matter of trying to forget about washing the dishes. It is realising that in actual fact you only have one dish to wash, ever: this one; only one step to take, ever: this one. And that is Zen."
~ Alan Watts
"Offer a vibration that matches your desire rather than offering a vibration that keeps matching what is."
~ Abraham-Hicks
"Everything is subject to change. When we ignore this fact, life becomes much more difficult to handle."
~ Daily Zen
"Anti-social behaviour is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists."
~ Nikola Tesla
"A donkey carrying a pile of holy books is still a donkey."
~ Zen proverb
"To every man is given a key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell."
~ Buddhist proverb
"If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet."
~ Pema Chödrön
"Don't believe everything you think."
~ Byron Katie
"don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions."
~ Zen Proverb
"If you seek peace, be still.
If you seek wisdom, be silent.
If you seek love, be yourself."
~ Becca Lee
"You may have a million desires to be in other places, doing other things, but you are not there, you are here."
~ Zen Proverb
"When you are fully conscious, drama does not come into your life anymore."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"When you discover your self-worth you will lose interest in anyone who doesn't see it."
~ Brian Tracy
"As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color and fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world."
~ Teachings of the Buddha
"All that is required to become free of the ego is to be aware of it, since awareness and ego are incompatible."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"The secret to waking up from the drama — all these endless cycles — is to realize that only the present exists. It's the only time there is."
~ Alan Watts
"A mind that worries about the past is distracted, and a mind that worries about the future is delusional."
~ Cheng Yen
"A lot of thinking without wisdom is extreme suffering."
~ Ajahn Chah
"When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interests, never to their money or gratitude."
~ 48 Laws of Power
"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
~ Mark twain
"Within the stillness of meditation we see the unreality of thought."
~ Jack Kornfield
"You will always find an answer in the sound of water."
~ Zhuangzi
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."
~ Rumi
"Take responsibility for your life. Do not pollute your beautiful, radiant inner Being nor the Earth with negativity."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is."
~ Alan Watts
"Always take the high road."
~ John C. Maxwell
"What you seek is seeking you."
~ Rumi
"You are never more essentially yourself than when you are still."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"Things are not as they seem, nor are they otherwise."
~ Zen proverb
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
~ Buddha
"Take refuge in the place that is not a place, take refuge where there is nothing physical to rely on. Take refuge within. Take refuge in your deepest aspirations."
~ Buddhist Brother Phap Dung
"It's hard to beat a person that never gives up."
~ Babe Ruth
"We live in the world we are thinking of."
~ Ralph Smart
"You become what you think about."
~ Napoleon Hill
"If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real."
~ Tony Robbins
"Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher."
~ Ajahn Chah
"You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself."
~ Seth Godin
"It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free"
~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better."
~ Albert Camus
"What a liberation to realise that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that."
~ Eckhart Tolle
"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
~ Buddha
"5 Things to Quit:
1. Trying to please everyone.
2. Fearing change.
3. Living in the past.
4. Putting yourself down.
5. Overthinking."
~ Becoming Minimalist
"Let your alignment (with Well-Being) be first and foremost, and let everything else be secondary. And not only will you have an eternally joyous journey, but everything you have ever imagined will flow effortlessly into your experience. There is nothing you cannot be or do or have - but your dominant intent is to be joyful. The doing and having will come into alignment once you get that one down."
~ Abraham-Hicks
"Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson afterwards."
~ Anon
"There are two medicines for all ills: time and silence."
~ Alexandre Dumas
"Some people aren't loyal to you, they are loyal to their need of you. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty."
~ White Eagle Spiritualist Church
"There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing."
~ BrianTracy