Jewel

The things you fear are undefeatable not by their nature but by your approach.

There's Only Us -There's Only This -Forget Regret Or Life Is Yours To Miss -No Other Road No Other Way -No Day But Today.

Abdu'l-Baha

Whoever enters through the portals of my home must go out with gladsome heart."

Tyler Durden

"Only after disaster can we be resurrected"

St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Howard Cosell

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

André Gide

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs to life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Euripides

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

Jules Feiffer

"I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived, Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged. Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary."

Doug Larson

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

Orville Wright

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Vincent Price

It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

Nikola Tesla

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Howard Cosell

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

St. Francis of Assisi

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

Confucius

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Maya Angelou

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Mohandas Gandhi

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Henry Clay

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

Daniel Webster

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

Colin Powell

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

Winston Churchill

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

Martin Luther King Jr.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Jim Fiebig

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.

Confucius

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Ayn Rand

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Maya Angelou

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Winston Churchill

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill

Abraham Maslow

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Elizabeth Lawrence

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

Richard Bach

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Malcolm Gladwell

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.

Charles Dickens

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

As a solid rock cannot be moved by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame.

Swedish Proverb

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more and all good things will be yours.

Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

Zen Proverb

"If you have no feelings about worldly things, they are all Buddhism; if you have feelings about Buddhism, it is a worldly thing."

Kalu Rinpoche

"We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all."

Swami Sivananda

"Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end."

Bhagavad Gita

"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place."

Ronald Reagan

One thing that Buddhism teaches you is that every moment is an opportunity to change."

The Dhammapada

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Zen Master Sawaki

No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.

You only lose what you cling to.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Zen Quote by Alan Watts

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them....

Tibetan Saying

Do not mistake understanding for realization, and do not mistake realization for liberation....

Lin-yutang

"I have done my best", that is about all the philosophy of living that one needs....

Zen Quote

Ride your horse along the edge of a sword; hide yourself in the middle of flames....

Buddha's Last Words

All conditioned things are impermanent. Work out your own salvation with diligence....

Zen Quote

When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back....

Japanese Proverb

The reverse side also has a reverse side....

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Truth is more in the process than in the result."

Albert Einstein

"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity."

The essence of Buddhism is if you can't help others at least refrain from hurting them.

Buddhist Saying

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation."

Buddhist Saying

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering."

Buddhist Saying

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions."

Buddhist Saying

If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The point is, is it possible for the mind to be totally free from suffering and yet not become indifferent, callous, irresponsible, but to have that passion, the intensity, the energy that freedom brings, freedom from suffering.

Buddhist Saying

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Instead of trying to see the flower in its original and entire beauty, you look at it through coloured glasses, and therefore you can never see it as it is.

Buddhist Saying

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; Live the actual moment.

Buddhist Saying

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

Buddhist Saying

On life's journey Faith is nourishment, Virtuous deeds are a shelter, Wisdom is the light by day and Right mindfulness is the protection by night.

Buddhist Saying

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the greater the suffering, the anxiety, the extraordinary sense of insoluble problems. ..

Buddhist Saying

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Your smile proves that you are being gentle with yourself, that the sun of awareness is shining in you, that you have control of your situation. You are yourself, and you have acquired some peace.

Buddhist Saying

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Everyday we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.

When your pet snake dies do you have a reptile dysfunction?

... and the winner is

Have you ever been ashamed of what you did for a Klondike bar?

Sand Castle 10

What if the "Hokey Pokey" really is what it's all about.

Sand Castle 9

Did you know?

Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Sand Castle 8

Did You Know?

The only difference between being stuck in a rut and a grave is the depth.

Sand Castle 7

Life Questions

Why do people eat natural foods if most people die of natural causes.

Sand Castle 6

Life Questions

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

Sand Castle 5

Life Questions

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

Sand Castle 4

Life Questions

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things and drink whatever comes out?'

Sand Castle 3

Life Questions

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Sand Castle 2

Life Questions

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Sand Castle 1

Life Questions

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights nor its decor.

It was just the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I asked the Lord, "What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.

"And why's everyone so quiet,
So somber? Please give me a clue."

"Hush, child," He said, "They're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us."

The Buddha

Be greatly aware of reality as you meet or confront it each day, and from that become fit enough to deal with it.

Sun Tzu

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable outcome.  The highest form of generalship is the conquer the enemy by strategy.

The Buddha

Whatever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings; believe and cling to that doctrine, and take it as your guide.

Norman Mailer

Fighting arouses two of the deepest anxieties we contain.  There is not only the fear of getting hurt, which is profound, but equally the fear of hurting others.  

The Buddha

As the bee collects nectar and fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

Samuel Johnson

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

The Buddha

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

Where there is hatred let me bring love.

Where there is injury may I bring pardon.

Where there is discord may I bring harmony.

Where there is doubt may I bring faith.

Where there is despair, may I bring hope.

Where there are shadows may I bring light.

Where there is sadness may I bring joy.

The Buddha

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

Grant that I may give love, rather than seek to be loved.

The Buddha

Avoid aiming at the ruin of others.

Grant that I may offer comfort rather than seek to be comforted.

The Buddha

Death is not to be feared so much by one who has lived wisely.
~ The Buddha

Grant that I may understand rather than seek to be understood.

The Buddha

Fit speech stems from fit thought.

Judy Garland

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Zen Quote by Langya

Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people's hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way.

Nietzsche

“The most fundamental form of human stupidity is forgetting what we were trying to do in the first place”

Zen Quote by Zhiqu

When you're deluded, every statement is an ulcer; when you're enlightened, every word is wisdom.

Winston Churchill

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengance.

The Buddha

He is able who thinks he is able.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The body is a big sagacity, a plurality with one sense, a war and a peace, a flock and a shepherd.

The Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Albert Camus

Life is the sum of all your choices.

The Buddha

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Judith Campbell

When your heart speaks, take good notes.

The Buddha

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? ~The Buddha

Bob Hope

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

The Buddha

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Mother Teresa

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The Buddha

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Frank A. Clark

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Henry Van Dyke

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

John Bulwer

It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

Ben Jonson

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Agnes de Mille

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.

"The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new."

Truman Capote

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make.

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

Kris Kristofferson

"I'd rather be blamed for something I've done, than for something I didn't do"

Billy Wilder

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher."

Winston Churchill

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

"Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us."

The Three R's

Respect for yourself

Respect for Others

Respect for your actions

"The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there."

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of peace.

"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today."

Compassion is not a religous business, it is a human business.

Happy Birthday Mom

"Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others."

Happiness is not something ready made, it comes from your own actions.

"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space."

Old Friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful.

The more we care for the happiness of others the happier we will be.

Dalai Lama

Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, peforming an action without examination would destroy us by projecting us into a negative state of existance.

Hana Rose Zadra

Reach for your dreams and they will reach for you.

The Buddha

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

David Brower

There is more inside you than you dare think.~David Brower

The Buddha

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Jean Houston

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.

The Buddha

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Katherine Anne Porter

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage to fulfill it.

Buddha

Live in Joy, In love,

Even among those who hate.

Live in joy, In health,

Even among the afflicted.

Live in joy, In peace,

Even among the troubled.

Look within.

Be still.

Free from fear and attachment,

Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

David McNally

The willingness to create a new vision is a statement of your belief in your potential

Buddha

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?"

"No", answered Buddha.

"Then are you a healer?"

"No", Buddha replied.

"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.

"No, I am not a teacher."

"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.

"I am awake", Buddha replied.

Gertrude Stein

Let me listen to me and not to them.

Lao Tzu

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Keorapetse Kgositsile

What you already know is merely a good departure point.

Zen Buddhist Proverb

Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.

After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.

Dan Zadra

The dream is not up there in the sky or the stars. It's right here in your heart.~Dan Zadra

K.T. Jong

It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.

Polly Adler

Your heart often knows things before your mind does.

Buddha

There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred,

No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart,

And no joy like the joy of freedom.

Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions,

And freedom your greatest joy.

Look within.

Be still.

Free from fear and attachment,

Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

Elizabeth David

Dreaming is a way of traveling hopefully.

H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

Marsha Norman

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

Winston Churchill

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Irene C. Kassorla

You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.

Buddha

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned."

Vincent Van Gogh

Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.

Dalai Lama

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts

Alfred Adler

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Llewelyn Powers

A trembling in the bones may carry a more convincing testimony than the dry documented deductions of the brain.

Dalai Lama

Strictly intellectual development without faith and practice, is of no use. It is necessary to combine knowledge born from study with sincere practice in our daily lives. These two must go together

Agnes de Mille

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.

Dalai Lama

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something,and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Elizabeth A. Behnke

There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it.

Dalai Lama

Whether one believes in a religion or not,and whether one believes in rebirth or not,there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion

Confucius

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

A life lived without purpose or value, the kind in which one doesn't know the reason why one was born, is joyless and lackluster. To just live, eat and die without any real sense of purpose surely represents a life pervaded by animality. On the other hand, to do, create or contribute something that benefits others, society and ourselves and to dedicate ourselves as long as we live to that challenge-that is a life of true satisfaction, a life of value. It is a humanistic and lofty way to live.

Allan K. Chalmers

The Grand essentials of happiness:

something to do,

something to love,

and something to hope for.

Happy Valentines Day

Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.

Henry David Thoreau

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Buddha

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Marcel Proust

The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.

Buddha

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

It is impossible to better yourself if you do not know what it means to be better.

Buddha

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Galway Kinnell

The first step in the journey is to lose your way

Buddha

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

Anne Sexton

Put your ear down next to your soul and listen hard

The Buddha

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

Pema Chodron

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.

Buddha

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Albert Einstein

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

Buddha

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

The Recapitulation of the Lords Prayer

True love demands sacrifice, because true love is a transforming force and is really the
birth-pangs of union on a higher plain.

The Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

Jalallidim Rami

I died as a mineral and became a plant,

I died as a plant and rose to animal,

I died as an animal and I was man.

Why should I fear?

When was I less by dying?

Buddha

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Marie Louise De La Ramee

Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Eknath Easwaran

Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily; If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.

Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Albert Einstein

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

Buddha

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

Lorraine Hansberry

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Buddha

Fill your mind with compassion.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Not all those who wander are lost.

Love yourself and be awake -today, tomorrow, always.

First establish yourself in the way,

then teach others, and so defeat sorrow.

To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing -straighten yourself.

You are the only master. Who else?

Subdue yourself, and discover your master.

Epicurus

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Mahatma Gandhi

There is no god higher than truth.

Buddha

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

James Madison

"Knowledge will forever govern ingorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."

Buddhism is not divorced from reality but is found within it, confronting human suffering head-on and teaching a way to overcome it. Buddhism is about transforming this world of suffering and hardship into a world of hope. Buddhism is in the here and now, not in some distant place.

Arnold Edinborough

"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me curiosity killed the cat I say only the cat died nobly."

What Buddhism seeks to do is, in the midst of that changing reality from which we can never divorce ourselves, in the midst of the "mud" of reality, to help us achieve a state of the highest hope and fulfillment and to lead society and our environment in the direction of peace and prosperity.

Daniel Boorstin

"The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents and the ocean was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."

"If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way."

Ben Franklin

"The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance".