Some favorite quotes from the Buddha:
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
Some other favorites…
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
~ Marcel Proust ~
“After all is said and done, usually more is said.”
~ unknown ~
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.”
~ Galileo Galilei ~
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
~ Henry Ford ~
Emerson:
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.”
“If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho’ he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.”
