Quotes

“Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. “
—Pema Chödrön


It’s not so much about doing as about being.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn


“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh


With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow you, as your shadow unshaken. ~ Buddha


A calm mind helps our human intelligence to assess the situation realistically.
- Dalai Lama


"It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free."
—Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche




Anger may bring extra energy, but it eclipses the best part of our brain: its rationality. The energy of anger is almost always unreliable.
- Dalai Lama

Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.   - Dalai Lama 

"The top one-tenth of one percent of Americans now earn as much as the bottom 120 million of us." - Ed Fladung

 

"The real meditation practice is life itself.  The real meditation teacher is life itself." -Jon Kabat-Zinn http://bit.ly/d2eU7X