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2006 |
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For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. - T. S. Eliot posted December 31, 2006
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. - Franklin Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address posted December 24, 2006
Let your life speak. - John Woolman posted December 17, 2006
Be yourself and never fear thus to be naked to the eyes of others. Yet know that sometimes men so often mask themselves that what is simple is rarely understood. The dust of truth swirls and seeks its own cracks of entry. And a tree falling in the forest without ears to hear makes no sound, yet — it falls. posted December 10, 2006
There is more to life than increasing its speed. - Gandhi posted December 3, 2006
All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. - Kabir posted November 26, 2006
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. - President John F. Kennedy posted November 12, 2006
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. - Anonymous posted November 12, 2006
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. - Anonymous posted November 5, 2006
Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. - Seneca posted October 29, 2006
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. - Marion Wright Edelman posted October 22, 2006
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. - Henry David Thoreau posted October 15, 2006
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Ram Dass posted October 8, 2006
Student: "Your second life never really like your first, is it? Teacher: "Sometimes, it's even better." - Elektra posted October 1, 2006
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt posted September 24, 2006
To hate is like drinking salt water; the thirst grows worse. posted September 17, 2006
I look through the darkness of today's sadness into the bright sunshine of tomorrow's happiness. - A Sign in a Chinatown Shop after 11 September 2001 posted September 10, 2006
It is no longer enough to cry peace - we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace. - Leon Shenandoah posted September 3, 2006
By doubting we come to inquiry, and by inquiring we perceive the truth. - Pierre Abelard posted August 27, 2006
Calm in quietude is not real calm; when you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature. Happiness in comfort is not real happiness; when you can be happy in the midst of hardship, then you see the true potential of the mind. - Huanchu Daoren posted August 20, 2006
The world is what you make of it … if it doesn't fit, you make alterations. - Silverado posted August 13, 2006
There is no absolute truth for all people. Whenever I look at a coin, I always want to look at the other side. - Peter Jennings posted August 6, 2006
Do not permit the events of your daily lives to bind you, but never withdraw yourselves from them. Only by acting thus can you earn the title "A Liberated One." - Huang Po posted July 30, 2006
Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing that you will not understand. - Seng Ts'an posted July 23, 2006
If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be a mirror. Respond like an echo. - Bruce Lee posted July 16, 2006
There's a hero in all of us — that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble; and, finally, to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to remain steady and give up the thing we want the most — even our dreams. - Spiderman II posted July 9, 2006
So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. - Oh the Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss posted July 2, 2006
Grass is always greener on the other side, so why not stay home and water it. - roxanneout posted June 25, 2006
At first you will think of practice as a limited part of your life. In time you will realize that everything you do is part of your practice. - Baba Ram Dass posted June 18, 2006
As evening draws near, you regret that you did not practice early in the morning. The worldly pleasure, which you enjoy, now becomes suffering in the future. Why then are you attached to this pleasure? One moment of practice becomes lasting pleasure. Why then do you not practice? - Won Hyo. posted June 11, 2006
If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. - His Holiness the Dalai Lama posted June 4, 2006
One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity. - Immanuel Kant posted May 28, 2006
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people — your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. - Barbara Bush posted May 21, 2006
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. - Lao-tzu posted May 14, 2006
For mind obsessed by compulsive thinking and grasping, you simplify your meditation practices to just two words - "let go." - Ajahn Sumedho posted May 7, 2006
Seek not to contend. We know that where there is no contention there is neither defeat nor victory. The supple willow does not contend against the storm, yet it survives. posted April 30, 2006
Perceive the way of nature and no force of man can harm you. Do not meet a wave head on; avoid it. You do not have to stop force; it is easier to redirect it. Learn more ways to preserve rather than destroy, avoid rather than check, check rather than hurt, hurt rather than maim, maim rather than kill. All life is precious. Nor can any be replaced. posted April 23, 2006
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. - Ralph W. Sockman posted April 16, 2006
Wisdom begins with wonder. - Socrates posted April 9, 2006
Truth comes between breaths. - The Buddha posted April 2, 2006
I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore I believe that if one person gains spirituality the whole world gains, and if one person falls, the whole world falls. - Mohandas K. Gandhi posted March 26, 2006
A warrior's ultimate act is to lay down his sword. - Hero posted March 19, 2006
Those that are bound by desires can see only what they hold in their hands. posted March 12, 2006
Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes it obstructs your vision. - His-Tang posted March 5, 2006
Fame and fortune to me are just floating clouds. Only martial power and artistry lead the way to my cultivation. - Buddhist Saying posted February 26, 2006
The true measure of an individual is not whether one is superior to others, but whether one is superior to one's previous self. - Hindu Proverb posted February 19, 2006
To affect the quality of the day — that is the Art of Life. - Adapted from Henry David Thoreau posted February 12, 2006
Don't wait until you're thirsty to dig a well. - Chinese Saying posted February 5, 2006
Chance favors only the prepared mind. - Louis Pasteur posted January 29, 2006
The wise farmer puts back into the land at least as much as he has taken out of it; so must you give back to others what you have taken for yourself. posted January 22, 2006
We're all handed an empty sketchpad, and a box of Crayolas, and we're told to draw. What we choose to put on that paper, however, is up to us. - Randall Riese posted January 15, 2006
Although, at times, our hands may return empty, it is, sometimes, enough we reach out. posted January 8, 2006
The Great Spirit held the Diamond of Truth in His hand. He held it over the Mother Earth. When he allowed it to drop, it shattered into a thousand pieces, all of which landed on the Mother. These shards - Truth in Life, Truth in Nature, Truth in Spirit, Truth in Creation — can be found if only we seek. - Native American Parable posted January 1, 2006 |
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