Life is filled with detours, the secret is to enjoy the scenery.
True compassion is the swiftest path to tranquility.
Don't be too busy to experinece joy.
One generation's tragedy often becomes the next generation's comedy, so you might as well start laughing about it now.
Don't ask others what they think unless you are prepared to listen.
What will you do with your moment of good fortune?
An ounch of patience is worth more than a pound of ambition.
Who is the richer, he who has much and wants more or he who has little and wants less?
Collect all the pretty shells from the beach and you will destroy the beauty that was that beach.
Consider your feelings and temperament as your seasons and weather. Fair will follow foul and the sun will come out eventually.
You might feel you know your mind but do you know your heart as well?
Look up and be one with the sky, but do not tread in anything nasty while your mind is elsewhere.
The little things in life are generally the most important.
When considering how to spend your day, think about being asked in years to come how you spent your life.
Life is a matter of moments, don't be in a hurry for it to be over.
Adopt the pace of nature.
Consider a curve that can set everything else straight and smile.
The past cannot be changed by you and worrying about the future will only serve to ruin your present.
Why spend your life worrying about the future-- you
will know it when it comes.
It is far better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Man's honesty does not increase with wealth, rather the contrary is true.
Honesty is a state of mind.
Take the time to get to know others before you complain that no one understands you.
Remember, we all carry with us the spiritual energy which we were born with. Be careful not to crush yours under the weight of expectation.
Through conditioning, both physical and mental, we become separated from our natural energy.
Nature is infinitely patient, infinitely calm. Everything comes, everything passes.
When we are able to know there is no longer any separation between the spirit, the body, and the mind, we will have reached our destination.
Enjoy the richness of the world.
None of us are doomed.
Each and every one of us has the opportunity to accept the responsibility for our own development.
The world is filled with people waiting for some miracle to improve the state of things and while they wait their own responsibilities are neglected.
A patient heart will not be disappointed.
How do we protect the truth of ourselves in a world that seems to require us to never be who and what we are?
It is fine to gaze up at the stars, but do not trample all the daisies underfoot.
We attract certain energies -- some positive, some negative-- to us without being aware of it. From time to time we must focus on the kind of energy we want to
attract.
Salvation does not come ready packaged.
Those who will discourage us from seeking tranquility are those who will never attempt such a journey
in their own lives.
What is the mind if the heart is Blind?
Be still,
Be patient-
that is the greatest
strenght we know.
