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A smile is a gift

Every time you smile at someone it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

– Mother Teresa

Just leave it as it is

What should we “do” with the mind in meditation?
Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.

– Sogyal Rinpoche

Fearlessness

If a man’s mind is concentrated and calm, and if he’s abandoned both good and evil, there is no fear for him.

– The Dhammapada

The eye by which I see God

The eye by which I see God is the same eye by which God sees me.
My eye and God’s eye are one and the same;
One in seeing, one in knowing and one in loving.

– Meister Eckhart

It’s good to have an end

It’s good to have an end to journey toward;
but it’s the journey that matters, in the end.

– Ursula K. Le Guin

If a man wishes to be sure of the road

If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on,
he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.

– St. John of the cross

Man’s main task

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself.

– Erich Fromm

The prayer of the monk

The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying.

– St. Anthony

The aim of life

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware;
joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

– Henry Miller