courage

 

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

Maya Angelou

peace

 

may peace prevail on earth

        and in me

listen

 

Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't bethinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.

Ernest Hemingway

failings

 

I believe one of the greatest human failings is to prefer to be right than to be effective.

Stephen Fry

god

 

People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.

Aldous Huxley

bridge

The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to burn and which to cross.

Bertrand Russell

peace

 

may peace prevail on earth and in me.

sacrilege

At times on quiet waters one does not speak aloud but only in whispers, for then all noise is sacrilege.

Sigurd F. Olson

importance

 

The life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume

ask

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Deepak Chopra

safety

Safety is not the absence of threat. It is the presence of connection.

Gabor Mate

judgement

Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Will Rogers

alone

There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone.

May Sarton 

time

 

Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future and time future contained in time past.

T.S. Eliot

diamond

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Confucius

if

 

If you wish to seek peace of mind and happiness then believe. If you wish to be a disciple of truth, then investigate.

Friedrich Nietzsche

peace

 

may peace prevail on earth and in me.

mindfulness

mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. it isn't more complicated than that. it is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. sylvia boorstein

writing

 

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Ivern Ball

practice

You practice and you get better. It's very simple.

Philip Glass

tree

Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree.

Herman Hesse

living

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

tragedies

 

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

George Bernard Shaw

soul

 

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

C.S. Lewis

burn

Some people will burn the bridge, then ask why you don't visit.

Anonymous

extreme

Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.

Baruch Spinoza

fooled

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

Søren Kierkegaard

different

If you want the present to be different from the past study the past.

Baruch Spinoza

burn

Some people will burn the bridge, then ask why you don't visit.

Anonymous

she

 

She thought not so much of what had happened as of how she could describe it.

E.M. Forster

boomerang

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

Florence Scovel

travel

 

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Aldous Huxley

heaven

 

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to ou her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground. 

Dante Alighieri

ordinary

 

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

Oscar Wilde

heart

The heart of mean is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depts it has its pearls too.

Vincent Van Gogh

life

Life has a way of making a joke of the plans that we devise for ourselves. Only in the rear-view mirror can we see how choices and chances pave a road we can never have imagined.

Stephanie A. Shields

gratitude

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Henry Van Dyke

photography

 

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Dorothea Lange

cannot

You cannot hide and seek your fate; you cannot seek and hide your karma.

Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

peace

 

may peace prevail on earth

and in me

know

 

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Adam Smith

purpose

 

Our purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

H.H. 14th Dalai Lama

heart

Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.

Rumi

neglect

If you sit down crying because the sun has set, you miss the privilege of seeing the stars. Sorrow for what you have lost should not make you neglect that which comes in its place.

Radindranath Tagore

it goes on

 

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. - It goes on.

Robert Frost

kind

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Blaise Pascal

ignorance

 

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

Plato

moon

 

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.

Rumi

mindfulness

Mindfulness arises when you allow your attention to fall effortlessly on the breathing point like an autumn leaf falling on a lake of still water.

Amit Ray

should not

If you sit down crying because the sun has set, you miss the privilege of seeing the stars. Sorrow for what you have lost should not make you neglect that which comes in its place.

Rabindranath Tagore