“Pity moment, blah! Let’s turn it around! We do not even need to go into the story of it. We acknowledge this moment and release it. We love and accept and forgive ourselves. And we acknowledge that this is a tiny stitch, a brief pinprick in the needlepoints we are creating of our lives. And we also acknowledge that this lifetime of ours is but a tiny little stitch in the ever-expanding, infinite needlepoint of the Universe. Self-pity is not a reason good enough for us to be out of alignment with peace.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“Everything is in the root.
If you pick the weed without getting the root out of the soil, be assured, it is going to grow back.”
“Dare to be vulnerable, walk outside without your armor on and say YES to your heart.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“There is no reason good enough for us to ever be out of alignment with Peace, and there is no reason good enough for us to ever be out of alignment with Love.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINS
Laugh, I tell you
And you will turn back
The hands of time.
Smile, I tell you
And you will reflect
The face of the divine.
Sing, I tell you
And all the angels will sing with you!
Cry, I tell you
And the reflections found in your pool of tears -
Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday
To guide you through the fears of tomorrow.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“In the strictest sense, we cannot actually think about life and reality at all, because this would have to include thinking about thinking, thinking about thinking about thinking, and so ad infinitum. One can only attempt a rational, descriptive philosophy of the universe on the assumption that one is totally separate from it. But if you and your thoughts are part of this universe, you cannot stand outside them to describe them.”
Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
“It’s about letting yourself feel,
but not wallow;
it’s about leaning into love, not fear,
as the preferred force in your life.”
Source: Enriched Heart: The Tao of Balancing Your Big, Beautiful, Badass Soul
“When the ego is in the driver’s seat, we judge. When our spirit, our authentic self, is in control, we practice listening (without judging), compassion, and love”
Source: Enriched Heart: The Tao of Balancing Your Big, Beautiful, Badass Soul
“[A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well.”
Source: Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
“Newton invented a new form of reason. He expanded reason to handle infinitesimal changes and I think what is needed now is a similar expansion of reason to handle technological ugliness. The trouble is that the expansion has to be made at the roots, not at the branches, and that’s what makes it hard to see.”
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values