Cooperation with the inevitable
“What is the secret of your serenity?” Said the master: “Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.” – Anthony de Mello
An opening for maliciousness
As soon as you concern yourself with the “good” and “bad” of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you. – Morihei Ueshiba
Because of our quiet
We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us, that they may see their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even fiercer life because of our quiet. – William Butler Yeats
There is only one world
There is only one world; the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive; this minute here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. – Storm Jameson
You will be free
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free. – Ajahn Chah
Where else?
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? – Dogen
Experiment with truth
Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with truth. – Thich Nhat Hanh
The only prayer
If the only prayer you ever said in your life was “thank you”, that would suffice. – Meister Eckhart
The greatest happiness
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan