My Favorite Quotes
In quoting others, we cite ourselves ~ Julio Cortazar
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Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?
Ram Dass
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao-Tzu
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Whether you like it or not, it is always now and you are always here. Whether you choose to admit this and live in the moment, is and has always been, up to you.
Richard A. Singer, Jr.
Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your behavior.
Henepola Gunartana
"Crazy Busy" is great armor. A lot of us stay so busy, so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.
Brene Brown
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson
At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.
Christine Mason Miller
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Deepak Chopra
That's life: starting over, one breath at a time.
Sharon Salzberg
You ask me what you should do and what you should not do? Just allow yourself to change naturally.
Chuang Tzu
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
Tara Brach
If you are willing to rethink how you see, you may be surprised what comes into view.
Aaron Morris
Step into the fire of self discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn what you are not.
Mooji
Our way is to go step by step, appreciating our everyday life. Then we can see what we are doing and where we are.
Shunryu Suzuki
The way to develop the habit of savoring is to pause when something is beautiful and good and catches our attention - the sound of rain, the look of the night sky - the glow in a child's eyes, or when we witness some kindness. Pause ... then totally immerse in the experience of savoring it.
Tara Brach
Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us, and all around us.
Sri Chimney
In a certain sense, Zen is feeling life instead of feeling something about life.
Alan Watts
At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.
Christine Mason Miller
Rushing will not make you heal any faster. Slow down and pace yourself.
Alex Elle
