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.