Happiness of Others

"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

Daily Routine

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."  ~ Mike Murdock

Growth of Wisdom

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Serene Encounter

"In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Accepting Yourself

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

On Perseverance

In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance. ” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

True Success

"True success is measured by how you treat the people in your life." - Che Garmon

Time to Heal

"We must not give up. It takes so much time to heal because we are not just healing our own wounds- we are healing the world’s wounds, too. We think we are alone with our ‘stuff’, but we aren’t. With every clearing of our emotional debris, with every foray into a healthier way of being, with every excavation and release of old material, we heal the collective heart. So many of our familial and karmic ancestors had little opportunity to heal their pains. When we heal, their spirits breathe a sigh of relief. We heal them backwards, while healing ourselves forward. We heal in unison." - Jeff Brown

Human Angels

"Happiness doesn’t come from expensive things. It comes from living our own passions." - from We are Human Angels