In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
As you are, so is the world.
It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!
Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.
Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.
With our thoughts we make the world.
The root of suffering is attachment.
For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.
Cooperation is always more powerful than competition.
Take a deep breath. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second.
It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God’s greatest gifts are given.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
There is a cycle of love and death that shapes the lives of those who choose to travel in the company of animals. It is a cycle unlike any other. To those who have never lived through its turnings and walked its rocky path, our willingness to give our hearts with full knowledge that they will be broken seems incomprehensible. Only we know how small a price we pay for what we receive; our grief, no matter how powerful it may be, is an insufficient measure of the joy we have been given.
You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.