Minds are like parachutes
Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open. – Thomas Dewar
Wise words
Read More
We can always choose
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. – Epictetus
A relationship with nature
If we could, and we must, establish a deep long abiding relationship with nature, with the actual trees, the bushes, the flowers, the grass and the fast moving clouds, then we would never slaughter another human being for any reason whatsoever. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Become a child
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child. – Dogen
Overcome any bitterness
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in a certain measure of that cosmic pain, and are called upon to meet it…
Enough to disarm all hostility
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should see sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This body is not a home
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. – Seneca
One single word that gives peace
Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace. Better than a thousand useless verses is one single verse that gives peace. Better than a hundred useless poems is one single poem that gives peace. – The Dhammapada