Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds Won't you help to sing The songs of freedom? Bob Marley

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. Buddha

JOSÉ BERGAMÍN

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger. Buddha

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless. ~Sherry Anderson

"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth." ~Pema Chödrön

"The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves." Pema Chödrön

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. English Proverbs

"People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further." ~Pema Chödrön

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.

Ramona L. Anderson

"It is precisely because our present life is so inseparably linked with desire that we must make use of desire's tremendous energy if we wish to transform our life into something transcendental." ~Lama Yeshe

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

"Some people live closely guarded lives, fearful of encountering someone or something that might shatter their insecure spiritual foundation. This attitude, however, is not the fault of religion but of their own limited understanding. True Dharma leads in exactly the opposite direction. It enables one to integrate all the many diverse experiences of life into a meaningful and coherent whole, thereby banishing fear and insecurity completely." ~Lama Yeshe

If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either. Source Unknown