"The two hardest tests on the spiritual road
are the patience to wait for the right moment
and the courage not to be disappointed
with what we encounter"
~ P. Coelho


"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."
~ Kahlil Gibran


"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot,
for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."
~ Mel Brooks


"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
~ Harvey Fierstein


"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
~ Buddha


"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out."
~ Anton Chekhov


"People living deeply have no fear of death."
~ Anais Nin


"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
~ E. B. White


"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
Mark Twain


"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt


"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Saint Augustin


"Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
~ Hans Christian Anderson


"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
~ Kahlil Gibran


"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."
~ Henry Van Dyke


"Find a place (inside) where there's joy,
and the joy will burn out the pain."
~ Joseph Campbell


"The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.
The challenge is to silence the mind."
~ Caroline Myss


"There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion
or an inconsequential act of service.
Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences."
~ Caroline Myss


"The act of forgiveness is the act of returning to present time.
And that's why when one has become a forgiving person,
and has managed to let go of the past,
what they've really done is they've shifted their relationship with time."
~ Caroline Myss


"The love that flows through your heart
purifies not only your own spirit, but the love you share with others."
~ Caroline Myss


“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can
be no more hurt, only more love.”
~ Mother Teresa.


"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with
love, grace and gratitude."
~ Denis Waitley.


"From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two
souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow
together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being."
~ Unknown


"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire
evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
~ Unknown


"It is good to have an end
to journey towards,
but it is the journey that matters,
in the end."
~ Ursula K LeGuin


"Life is a song ... sing it.
Life is a game ... play it.
Life is a challenge ... meet it.
Life is a dream ... realize it.
Life is a sacrifice ... offer it.
Life is love ... enjoy it."
~ Sai Baba


"One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult
is to become more of a child."
~ Dr Wayne W Dyer


"Cut not the wings of your dreams,
for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul."
~ Flavia


"Fear less, hope more.
Whine less, breathe more.
Talk less, say more.
Hate less, love more.
And all good things are yours."
~ Author Unknown


"It is better to believe than to disbelieve;
in so doing, you bring everything
to the realm of possibility."
~ Albert Einstein


"What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes


"The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place,
but a state of mind."
~ John Burroughs


"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth
are never alone or weary of life."
~ Rachel Carson


"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life,
and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia."
~ Charles A. Lindbergh


"The woods were made for the hunters of dreams,
The brooks for the fishers of song;
To the hunters who hunt for the gunless game
The streams and the woods belong."
~ Sam Walter Foss


"I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all."
~ Ogden Nash


"Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness."
~ Kahlil Gibran


"For in the true nature of things,
if we rightly consider,
every green tree is far more glorious
than if it were made of gold and silver. ~"
~ Martin Luther King


"He who plants a tree
Plants a hope."
~Lucy Larcom


"Showing off is the fool's idea of glory."
~ Bruce Lee


"The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it
is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a pattern of systems."
~ Bruce Lee


"The Moment is freedom. I couldn't live by a rigid schedule. I try to live freely from moment to moment, letting things happen and adjusting to them."
~ Bruce Lee


"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is."
~ Albert Einstein


"I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream"
~ Vincent Van Gogh


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
~ Buddha


"People who say it cannot be done
should not interrupt those who are doing it."
~ Author Unknown


"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
~ Will Rogers


"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very
comforting thought - particularly for people who can never remember where they
have left things."
Woody Allen


"Music is a higher revelation
than all wisdom and philosphy.
Music is the electrical soil
in which the spirit lives,
thinks and invents."
~ Ludwig van Beethoven


"Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking
and sings while it is still dark."
~ Rabindranath Tagore


"...Whether you think you can
or think you can't,
you're right."
~ Henry Ford


"How old would you be, if you didn't know how old you are?"
~ Satchel Paige


"Don't ask what the meaning of life is- you define it."
~ Unknown


"What would you attempt to do, if you knew you could not fail?"
~ Dr. Robert Schuller


"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to
hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
~Albert Einstein


"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel that you too can become great."
~ Mark Twain


"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
~ Dalai Lama


"Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile.
No matter how busy you are,
don't rush encounters with co-workers, family and friends.
Speak softly. Listen attentively.
Act as if every conversation you have
is the most important thing on your mind today.
Look your children and your partner in the eyes when they talk to you.
Stroke the cat, caress the dog.
Lavish love on every living being you meet.
See how different you feel at the end of the day."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach


"...the soul would have no rainbow
if the eyes had no tears."
~ part of a Native American Saying


"Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain.
A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of value
is the core experience of powerlessness."
~ Gary Zukav & Linda Francis - from "The Heart Of The Soul"


"A loving person lives in a loving world,
A hostile person lives in a hostile world,
Everyone you meet is your mirror."
~ Ken Keyes, Jr


"The reason a dog has so many friends
is because he wags his tail instead of his tongue."
~ Author Unknown


"What angers us in another person
is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves.
If we had already resolved that particular issue,
we would not be irritated by its reflection back to us."
~ Simon Peter Fuller


"You must begin to trust yourself.
If you do not, then you will forever be looking to others
to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied.
You will always be asking others what to do
and at the same time resenting those from whom you seek such aid."
~ author unknown


"By choosing your thoughts,
and by selecting which emotional currents you will release
and which you will reinforce,
you determine the quality of your Light.
You determine the effects that you will have upon others,
and the nature of the
experiences of your life."
~ Gary Zukav


"Thoughts are boomerangs,
returning with precision to their source.
Choose wisely which ones you throw."
~ Author Unknown


"Keep your thoughts positive,
because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive,
because your words become your behaviours.
Keep your behaviours positive,
because your behaviours become your habits.
Keep your habits positive,
because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive,
because your values become your destiny."
~ Gandhi


"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards:
they try to have more things, or more money,
in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier.
The way it actually works is the reverse.
You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do,
in order to have what you want."
~ Margaret Young


"Here is the Divine Dichotomy...
The way to ‘get there’ is to ‘be there’.
Just be where you choose to get!’
It’s that simple."
~ Neale Donald Walsch


"Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart ...
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens."
~ Carl Jung


"You were born with potential
You were born with goodness and trust
You were born with ideas and dreams
You were born with greatness
You were born with wings
You were not meant for crawling, so don't
You have wings
Learn to use them and fly"
~ Rami


"Imagination is the highest kite we can fly."
~ Lauren Bacall


"Angels can fly because they take themselves
lightly; devils fall because of their gravity."
~ G. K. Chesterton


"There are 2 eternities , that can really break you down...:'Yesterday and Tomorrow'. One is gone and the other doesn't exists..
So, Live for TODAY....................."