Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

Time is not rigid” It is destructible. It melts away before you know it.

Own your own dreams

Our love is like no other

Her hand gripped his, and even amid the fear and danger he marveled at the feeling that came with the contact. If we die holding hands in this way, will we enter the next dream together?

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

Live in the present moment and find your interest and happiness in the things of today.

Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.

We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.

They shot me. (Talon) No, bud. They turned you into Swiss cheese. (Nick)

The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.