NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 998

 

• ·       If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment. - Thich Thien-An

  ·       Solitude helps you find peace. Peace helps you find happiness. - Maxime Lagacé

  ·       “Today, I shall judge nothing that occurs.” ~ Deepak Chopra

  ·       “If there is no blind hope, there is also no disappointment. If one knows that everything is impermanent, one does not grasp, and if one does not grasp, one will not think in terms of having or lacking, and therefore one lives fully.” ~ Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

  ·       “Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disappointments before you realize that truth.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

  ·       “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” ~ Shunryu Suzuki

  ·       “If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” ~ Pema Chödrön

  ·       “One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

  ·       “See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what they are. But you don’t have to think of them as evil—as intrinsically bad, as needing to be destroyed or driven from our midst. On the contrary, they need to be absorbed, healed, made whole.” ~ Steve Hagen