Happy Halloween

"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue." ~The Buddha

"One should do one's best and leave the rest to fate. Do not keep difficulties inside the heart. People must overcome difficulties and not be overcome by difficulties."
~Master Cheng Yen

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach

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

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men. George Bernard Shaw

It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, "life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier." Thomas Arnold

I failed my way to success. Thomas Edison

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

Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. George Dana Boardman

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. Thomas Paine

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." ~Buddha

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Benjamin Disraeli

"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." ~Buddha

The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid. Confucius

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."
~Buddha