Wisdom In Words

   

       A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure ... Author Unknown
       A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words ... Author Unknown
       A jug fills drop by drop ... Zen Proverb
       A relaxed mind is a creative mind ... Author Unknown
       A smile is a curve that sets everything straight ... Phyllis Dilller
       A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour ... Author Unknown
       Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue ... Author Unknown
       Acorns know how to be oak trees without any guidance ... Author Unknown
       Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience ... Ralph Waldo Emerson
       All that we are is the result of what we have thought ... Buddha
       Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them ... Author Unknown
       Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it ... Author Unknown
       Arouse wisdom by hearing, reflecting, practicing and realizing ... Author Unknown


       Be the kind of person you would like to be with ... Author Unknown
       Being in the moment involves giving maximum appreciation and love to your present experience ... Author Unknown
       Birthdays are good for you.  The more you have, the longer you live ... Author Unknown

       Charity should begin at home, but not stay at home ... Philip Brooks

       Don't dream your life, live your dreams ... Author Unknown
       Do not close the door, but open the heart ... Stan Wright
       Do not speak unless it improves on silence ... Zen Proverb
       Drive carefully.  It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker ... Author Unknown

       Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise ... Benjamin Franklin
       Energy is eternal delight, and is from the body ... William Blake
       Enlightenment is like the reflection of the moon in water, the moon does not get wet and the water is not separate ... Author Unknown
       Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate for eternity ... Sean O’Casey
       Every human being is the author of his own health or disease ... Buddha
       Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end ... Author Unknown
       Every person has something to teach us, when we accept that, we open up ... Author Unknown
       Everything has beauty, but not everyone see’s it ... Confucius

       Failure is success if you learn from it ... Malcolm Forbes
       Feet planted as a tree is rooted, wards off dangerous winds when they sneak up from behind ... Author Unknown
       Find an inner awareness that leads to peace in your heart ... Author Unknown
       Find your perfect place in the universe and take your place within this space ... Tara Blake
       Fullness overflows to be caught by emptiness ... Author Unknown

       Go up until it is time to go down ... Author Unknown

       Hate destroys the hater ... Author Unknown
       Having someplace to go is home, having someone to love is family, having both is bliss ... Author Unknown
       He is richest who is content with the least ... Socrates
       He who asks a question is a fool for a minute, he who does not remains a fool for ever ... Author Unknown
       He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened ... Confucius
       He who is content with nothing, possesses all things ... Nicholas Boileau Despreaux

       If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give ... Rabbi Samson Raphael
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       If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other ... Mother Theresa
       If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin ... Ivan Turgenev
       If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague ... Author Unknown
       If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it ... Author Unknown
       In this life we can not do great things, we can only do small things with great love ... Mother Theresa
       In three words I can sum up everything I have learned so far, “It goes on” ... Robert Frost
       Inspiration does not come from the quote itself, but from the person behind it ... Russ Myers
       It is always just beginning, everything is just beginning ... Jakusho Kwong
       It is better to travel well than arrive ... Buddha
       It is not the result of our actions that we are working for, but the fulfilment of just doing ... Author Unknown
       It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see ... Henry David Thoreau

       Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless ... Mother Theresa
       Knock on the sky and listen to the sound ... Author Unknown

       Learn as if you were going to live forever, Live as if you were going to die tomorrow ...Mahatma Ghandi
       Let everything go where it wants to go and you will always be successful ... Author Unknown
       Life is a gift, live everyday as a thank you note ... Author Unknown
       Listen and you will always know ... Zen Proverb
       Love is the beauty of the soul ... Saint Augustine

       May you receive that in which you share ... Tracy Wright
       Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open ... Sir James Dewar
       Moment after moment, everything comes from nothing ... Zen Proverb
       Movement is the song of the body ... Vanda Scaravelli
       Movement that is born with the breath has beauty ... Sandra Sabatini

       Natural joy brings no headaches or heartaches ... Elbert Green Hubbard
       Never live in the past, but learn from it ... Zen Proverb
       Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on ... Author Unknown
       New leaves always return after the dead of winter ... Author Unknown
       No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined ... Harry Emerson Fosdick
       No one can make you feel inferior without your consent ... Eleanor Roosevelt
       No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place ... Author Unknown
       Nobody cares if you can't dance well.  Just get up and dance ... Author Unknown

       Only when you can become extremely soft and pliable can you become hard and strong ... Zen Proverb

       Peace begins with a smile ... Mother Teresa
       Peace comes from within ... Buddha
       Peace is not something you wish for, it’s something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away ... Robert Fulghum
       Peace is our gift to each other ... Elie Weisel
       Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines ... Robert Schuller

       Reflect the peace you see and feel inside ... Tara Blake
       Respect the body that houses the mind ... Author Unknown

       Simplicity is the nature of great souls ... Papa Armadas
       Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together ... Vista M Kelly
       Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy ... Thich Nhat Hanh
       Stillness prepares the way into motion ... Author Unknown
       Stillness resides in awareness ... Zen Proverb
       Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature, it will never fail you ... Frank Lloyd Wright

       Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time ... Author Unknown
       Teachers open the door, you enter by yourself ... Zen Proverb
       The art of living lies in the fine mingling of letting go and holding on ... Henry Ellis
       The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth ... Native American Saying
       The end of all of our exploring will be to arrive where we started ... Author Unknown
       The experience of your breath is the experience of your life ... Suzanne Northcott
       The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction are we moving ... Oliver Wendell Holmes
       The least movement is of importance to all nature.  The entire ocean is affected by a pebble ... Blaisie Pascal
       The mind should be as a mirror ... Author Unknown
       The most beautiful things in life can not be seen or touched, they must be felt with the heart ... Helen Keller
       The obstacle is the path ... Zen Proverb
       The only gift is a portion of thy self ... Ralph Waldo Emerson
       The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing ... Author Unknown
       The path to enlightenment is like the path of birds in the sky, it leaves no path ... Zen Proverb
       The place where the quality of our yoga practice speaks most clearly is in the way we live our lives ... Author Unknown
       The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear ... Lao Tzu
       The second mouse gets the cheese.  Being first isn't always best ... Author Unknown
       The seed of consciousness within automatically grows when nurtured ... Author Unknown
       The sun shines no matter what is in front of it ... Author Unknown
       The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected on one dewdrop on the grass ... Zen Proverb
       The world is like a mirror, smile and your friends smile back ... Japanese Zen Saying
       There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view ... Harry Milner
       There are many things that will catch your eye, but only a few things will catch your heart ... Author Unknown
      There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth, not going all the way, and not starting ... Buddha
       There is nothing but life...embrace it ... Author Unknown
       Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures ... H. Jackson Brown Jr.
       This very moment is a seed in which the flowers of tomorrow’s happiness grows ... Margaret Lindsey
       To acquire knowledge, one must study, but to acquire wisdom, one must observe ...Marilyn Vos Savant
       To do two things at once, is to do neither ... Author Unknown
       To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world ... Brandi Snyder
       Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week ... Spanish Proverb
       Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do ... Benjamin Spock

       We are made kind by being kind ... Author Unknown
       We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think ... Zen Proverb
       We could learn a lot from crayons.  Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull.   Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to
           live in the same box ... Author Unknown
       We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want ... Lao Tzu
       We should think more about "we" instead of "me" ... Michael Moore
       What you leave behind is not engraved on stone monuments, it is woven into the lives of others ... Pericles
       When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane ... Author Unknown
       When it is dark enough, you can see the stars ... Charles Beard
       When we force we can not feel and when we feel we can not force ... Author Unknown
       When we pause and feel, we become more open and receptive ... Author Unknown
       When you reach the top keep climbing ... Author Unknown
       Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness ... Seneca
       Wherever you go, go with all of your heart ... Confucius
       Where there is love there is life ... Mahatma Gandhi
       While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment ... Hasidic Proverb
       Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... Author Unknown
       With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun ... Author Unknown
       Without inner peace, it is impossible to have world peace ... Dalai Lama

       Yoga is our natural state ... Yoga Sutras
       You are never too old to be what you might have been ... George Eliot
       You are what you think about, so think healthy and be healthy ... Author Unknown
       You can never plan the future by the past ... Edmund Burke
       You can only have two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons don't count ... Author Unknown
       You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you ... Author Unknown
       You hurt, I cry, feeling the extension of our one self ... Zen Proverb
       You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person ... Author Unknown