Bakat harus dilatih, bukan hanya dilahirkan.
Whatever our circumstances, everything can feel so simple, so beautiful, and so right when we no longer pay attention to the mind’s incessant chatter.
Knowing what to do is not usually the problem; the elusive goal becomes translating intentions into action and resolutions into results.
My ignorance is based on this understanding. Your understanding is based on ignorance. This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass.
Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.
Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation.
Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance.
If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, ‘Aarggh! Screwed up again!’ Fortunately, babies are free of self-criticism. They just keep practicing.
When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.
The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.