Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean
Mindfulness Quotes
'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
— Laozi
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
— Epicurus
If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
— Mencius
I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, can never know what true friendship means.
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Honesty is the best policy.
This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
There never was a good knife made of bad steel.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.
— Rumi
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or airplane or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
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.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
— Plutarch
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
We can only learn to love by loving.
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
— Laozi
Our intention creates our reality.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
— Voltaire
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Joy is the best makeup.
No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
Yeah, we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
— Plato
Fortune favors the brave.
— Virgil
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception; it is a prevailing attitude.
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
— Laozi
Although there may be tragedy in your life, there's always a possibility to triumph. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.
True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Respect should be earned by actions, and not acquired by years.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.