"Do not take lightly small good deeds, for drops of water one by one, in time can fill a giant pot."~ Patrul Rinpoche
“Common sense is not so common.” ~ Voltaire
"An obstacle may be either a stepping stone or a stumbling block." ~ Anon
“Life is half spent before we know what it is.” ~ George Herbert
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.” ~ Rumi
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.” ~ Rumi
“By extending our ordinary feelings of love and concern beyond their usual biased limits, love is freed from the restrictions of attachment.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” ~ Rumi
“Life is a long lesson in humility.” ~ James M. Barrie
“What you seek is seeking you.” ~ Rumi
“Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.” ~ Dalai Lama
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?” ~ Rumi
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ~ Rumi
“We have the ability and the responsibility to choose whether our actions follow a virtuous path or not.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” ~ Robert Frost
“Determination and hope are key factors for a brighter future.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Determination and hope are key factors for a brighter future.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” ~ Mark Twain
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” ~ John Lubbock
“A (wo)man sooner or later discovers that (s)he is the master-gardener of her/his soul; the director of her/his life.” ~ James Allen
“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
“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: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” ~ William James
“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.” ~ Josh Billings
“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus
“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Without inner peace, without inner calm, it is difficult to find lasting peace.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.” ~ Tao Te Ching
“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” ~ Truman Capote
“Life must be lived as play.” ~ Plato
“Mind is very clever, very cunning. It can go on doing whatsoever IT wants to do. And it can always find arguments for it.” ~ Osho
“Give your weakness to one who helps.” ~ Rumi
“Give your weakness to one who helps.” ~ Rumi
“A NO uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a YES merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“A skillful, balanced approach is helpful for one’s physical and emotional health, and it applies to one’s spiritual growth as well.” ~ Dalai Lama
“I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed.” ~ Robert Frost
“Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” ~ George Herbert
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~ Buddha
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.” ~ John Lennon
"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every (wo)man the reflection of her/his own face." ~ William Makepeace Thackeray
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.” ~ Josh Billings
“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.” ~ Dalai Lama
“Good words are worth much, and cost little.” ~ George Herbert