Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time – that is the basic message. — Pema Chõdrõn
posted August 23, 2009

If a man lives, it is a certainty he will die. Therefore it is foolish to think of death as a foe as if he were to be vanquished. He will come when he will come. That is all. — Caine-ism
posted August 16, 2009

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another. — His Holiness the Dalai Lama
posted August 9, 2009

To get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with. — Mark Twain
posted August 2, 2009

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. — George Washington
posted July 26, 2009

Three Haves and One Do Without

When faced with danger, have no fear. When faced with difficulty, have no worries or stress. When faced with injustice, have no anger. At all times live life without guilt.

— Hong Junsheng
posted July 19, 2009

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted July 12, 2009

It doesn’t matter where you go in life …
What you do …
Or how much you have …
It’s who you have beside you . — Unknown
posted July 5, 2009

Eternity is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice but for those who love – time is eternity. — Henry Van Dyke
posted June 28, 2009

No man has fear, until fear comes to him. — Caine-ism
posted June 21, 2009

See your skin as what connects you to the universe, not as what separates you from it.
— Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
posted June 14, 2009

As a man is,
so he sees.
— William Blake
posted June 7, 2009

Meditation will not carry you to another world, but it will reveal the most profound and awesome dimensions of the world in which you already live. Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life. — Hsing Yun
posted May 31, 2009

Mind is originally clear and calm, fundamentally free from pollution, and there is no difference between doing and not doing meditation. It is only essential to understand one’s own mind clearly. — Ming-pen
posted May 24, 2009

If you eat with both hands, you'll choke. — Italian Saying
posted May 17, 2009

It is like archers. If they start out competing, they’ll never become marksmen. It is only after long practice, with no thought of winning or losing, that they can hit the target. Same with the study of the Way. If even a single thought of winning or losing appears, you will be chained by winning and losing. — Ying-an
posted May 10, 2009

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile is the source of your joy. — Thich Nhat Hahn
posted May 3, 2009

If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It’s that simple. What you see is what you get. — Annie Dillard
posted April 26, 2009

The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor. — Unknown
posted April 19, 2009

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. — Baltasar Gracian
posted April 12, 2009

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
posted April 5, 2009

Evil cannot be conquered in the world. It can only be resisted in oneself. — Caine-ism
posted March 29, 2009

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble on its own. — Matthew 6:34
posted March 22, 2009

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever the cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost. — Arthur Ashe
posted March 15, 2009

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you should begin it serenely and with too high spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted March 8, 2009

Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps. — David Lloyd George
posted March 1, 2009

The pure nature of mind – emptiness, lucidity and intelligence without limit – has always been inside us. — Kalu Rinpoche
posted February 22, 2009

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. — Helen Keller
posted February 15, 2009

In order to find your way you sometimes have to get lost. So you might as well enjoy the view. — Unknown
posted February 8, 2009

I seek to become a cup – empty of myself, filled with oneness. — Caine-ism
posted February 1, 2009

The real miracle is not to walk on water or thin air but to walk on the earth! — Thich Nhat Hanh
posted January 25, 2009

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction ... The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
posted January 18, 2009

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. — Ansel Adams
posted January 11, 2009

The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted January 4, 2009

Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. — George Bernard, Shaw
posted December 28, 2008

Peace is our gift to each other. — Elie Wiesel
posted December 21, 2008

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events not of words. Trust movement. — Alfred Adler
posted December 14, 2008

Even though you are alone in a dark room
Conduct yourself as though you were facing a noble guest.
— Zen-Getsu
posted December 7, 2008

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one’s happiest when he forgets himself. — Cyril Tourneur
posted November 30, 2008

Take up one thing and do it, and see the end of it, and before you have seen the end, do not give up. Those who only take a nibble here and a nibble there will never attain anything. — Swami Vivekananda
posted November 23, 2008

Ninety percent accuracy is not as good as silence. — Yueh-lin
posted November 16, 2008

There is no master,
there is no instructor,
there is no person to tell
you what you must do.
— Krishnamurti
posted November 9, 2008

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead
posted November 2, 2008

No man can step on the same river twice. — Caine-ism
posted October 26, 2008

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — André Gide
posted October 19, 2008

It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers. — Persian Proverb
posted October 12, 2008

Changes in the times do not allow for rest in the intervals: if you act in advance, that is going too far; if you act to late, you cannot catch up. — Wen-tzu
posted October 5, 2008

You can be on a peak with just about anyone. You have to find someone you can be in a valley with. — Unknown
posted September 28, 2008

I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colours are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and its content. — Lin Yutang
posted September 21, 2008

[Discipline is] the ability to obey yourself. — Mike Gentile
posted September 14, 2008

The highest way is not to fight and win in every battle; The highest way is to win in every battle without fighting. — Sun Tzu, The Art of War
posted September 7, 2008

If you can’t do something smart, do something right. — Serenity
posted August 31, 2008

Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things. — Professor Randy Pausch
posted August 24, 2008

Doubt everything at least once, even that two times two equals four. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
posted August 17, 2008

In me are tides no less than the sea. I would have a mind and spirit like water. Water never resists, yet it wears away the most resistant things. — Unknown
posted August 10, 2008

It’s not what I am underneath, but what I do that defines me. — Batman Begins
posted August 3, 2008

Love is Harmony, even in discord. — Caine-ism
posted July 27, 2008

With all the things I know, one could write a book … Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don’t know, one could create a library. — Sacha Guitry
posted July 20, 2008

A kitten is life’s way of telling you to always enjoy the simplest pleasures to their fullest. — Unknown
posted July 13, 2008

No human relation gives one possession in another … every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship and in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone. — Kahlil Gibran
posted July 6, 2008

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding is the third. — Marge Piercy
posted June 29, 2008

The diamond cannot be polished without friction; nor man perfected without trials. — Confucius
posted June 22, 2008

Forget not that the earth likes to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. — Kahlil Gibran
posted June 15, 2008

Fall seven times, stand up eight. — Japanese Proverb
posted June 8, 2008

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. — Dean Koontz
posted June 1, 2008

Life is a game – play it.
Life is a challenge – meet it.
Life is a dream – realize it.
Life is a sacrifice – offer it.
Life is love – enjoy it.
— Sai Baba
posted May 25, 2008

If while building a house a carpenter strikes a nail which proves faulty by bending, does the carpenter lose faith in all nails and stop building his house?— Caine-ism
posted May 18, 2008