Category Archives: Quotes
History
“In the past I have been a cloud, a river, and the air. And I was a rock. I was the minerals in the water. This is not a question of belief in reincarnation. This is the history of life on earth.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
and sigh
“I’m a very romantic person. I don’t mean romantic in a flowers and chocolate kind of way. It’s more like if it’s raining, I’ll go up to the window and press my nose against the glass and sigh at how beautiful it all looks.” ~ Amy Winehouse
He’s Here
“I see him in my dreams all the time. I hear him when I’m on stage. I would say I can’t talk to him, but I can. I don’t miss him, he’s here with me.” ~Bob Weir, on Jerry Garcia I’m glad he has a connection that endured beyond death. But I’m envious. The …
Burn Baby Burn
“You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov ©1880
Purpose
I like the idea that our purpose in life might not be Grand and Exulted, it might be something quite simple. Will Rogers (might have) said, “We all can’t be heroes, for someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.” (source) LunarBaboon, on the web HERE, put it like this:
Tragically Terrestrial
“I leaned back on my palms, looking at the Milky Way spilling in modest grandeur across the sky. A fountain of stars frothing over, surrounded by a mist of stardust. It looked like raw magic, like the glimmer I’d spy in a shadowy corner where the sun skimmed off invisible particles, reminding me there was …
You Do Not Have To Be A Monk
“Some people think there is a difference between mindfulness and meditation, but this is not correct. The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness into each moment of our lives. Mindful living is an art. You do not have to be a monk or live in a monastery to practice mindfulness. You can practice …
Too
“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre It took me a while to find a source for this quote. I eventually found it HERE. It was originally written in French, so is has been translated in different ways– but the translation above is accurate.
Homeostasis
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.” ~Maya Angelou
It’s Okay to…
“It’s okay to care about what people think. Just know there’s a difference between valuing someone’s opinion and needing their approval.” ~Lori Deschene
Not Just
“Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditating. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating, and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
The Knowing
“Nothing that comes and goes is you. ‘I am bored.’ Who knows this? ‘I am angry, sad, afraid.’ Who knows this? You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.” ~Eckhart Tolle
The Garden Of
From a conversation on Tumblr, available HERE: “Evil is unspectacular and always human.” ~W.H. Auden “This is the great treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.” ~Ursula K. LeGuin “I just think goodness is more interesting. Evil is constant. You can think of different …
Let Go
“Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.” ~Rachel Marie Martin (via)
On The Floor
” i’m not lying on the floor physically but i am lying on the floor spiritually” ~tumblr user uranodioning
Sacrifice and Destroy
“Each of us has our own idea of happiness. It’s because of this idea that we run after objects we desire. We sacrifice our time and, to a certain extent, destroy our bodies and our minds. According to the Buddha, happiness is simple– if we go home to the present moment, we realize that we …
Everybody But
“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” ~Rita Mae Brown
Well Grounded
“When we recognize that we have a habit of replaying old events and reacting to new events as if they were the old ones, we can begin to notice when that habit energy comes up. We can then gently remind ourselves that we have another choice. We can look at the moment as it is, …
Right?
This excerpt from Answers from the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh, ©2009, illustrates the fundamental difference between Buddhism and Christianity. Christianity is all about the destination, heaven or hell, while Buddhism is more concerned with the path: “If you don’t feel that you’re on the right path, happiness isn’t possible. This is true for …
yet not, but not
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;” ~2 Corinthians 4:8-9 I don’t know man. I’m feeling sort of distressed, despairing, forsaken, and destroyed. But I guess that’s something to aspire to.
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