"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."
-- Will Rogers

“There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that never otherwise would have occurred."
-- Lin Yu Tang

"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner."
-- English proverb

"Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love."
-- Lao Tzu

"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space."
-- Pema Chodron

"In times of change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
-- Eric Hoffer

"Happiness is not a place to travel to. It's a way of getting there."
-- Anonymous

"When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fail to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to experience the joyful sense of rebirth that accompanies the successful transition into greater maturity."
-- M. Scott Peck

"How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"
-- William Shakespeare

"What the catepillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a Butterfly"
-- ILLUSIONS, by Richard Bach

"In the universe, there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamans call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link."
-- Carlos Castaneda

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
-- Chinese Proverb

 "Spirituality is not a belief system. It is a way of life. Reading a holy book, going to a sacred place or practising a particular ritual can all be very helpful, but ultimately spirituality has to be in the every moment of life, and in every action. When we do gardening, or baking bread, or send an email to a friend or a colleague we do it as a meditation, as a service, as an expression of our love. Then, that ordinary activity is transformed into a spiritual action. When we are our most creative selves, when we are in the sphere of imagination and when we are grounded in joy then we are unselfconsciously practising spirituality."
-- Satish Kumar

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
-- Dalai Lama

" Sanity means inward comfort with nature."
-- Tao

"We all have deep within us the inner “knower” to whom we can look for guidance. But everyday life is full of distractions which prevent us from being in touch with this natural wisdom. To gain access to it needs a relaxed and quiet mind. The calmer you become, the stronger and more self-reliant you will feel."
-- Sarah Dening

"By breaking down our sense of self-importance all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness. "
-- Matthieu Richard

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."
-- Carl W. Buechner

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our
freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth
and freedom"
-- Victor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

"Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you
can contain."   
-- Kahlil Gibran

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. 
-- Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)

...and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.
-- Anais Nin

'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
--Albert Einstein

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life than no one can sincerely try to help another without helping their self." 
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson