Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.

- Benjamin Franklin

Some look upon the sun as our father Who makes life possible with heat and rain And divides time into months and seasons. Others have seen him riding in wisdom On his chariot, with seven colors As horses and six wheels to represent The whirling spokes of time.

- Prashna Upanishad

There simply is nothing to which we can attach ourselves, no matter how hard we try. In time, things will change and the conditions that produced our current desires will be gone. Why then cling to them now?

- Master Hsing Yun, "The Indescribable"

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

- William Jennings Bryan

While aid may outwardly seem as puny as a mustard seed, The knowing will deem it as imposing as a towering palm. Help rendered another cannot be measured by the extent Of assistance imparted. Its real measure is the recipient's worthiness.

- Tirukkural 11:104-105

 

The one man team is a complete and total myth.

- Don Shula

If you wish to understand yourself, you must succeed in doing so in the midst of all kinds of confusions and upsets. Don't make the mistake of sitting dead in the cold ashes of a withered tree.

- Emyo

Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope.

- Hal Lindsey

He who is free from selfish attachments, who has mastered himself and his passions, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from action.

- Bhagavad Gita 18:49

 

I never think about having a bad game because I have prepared.

- David Robinson

Therefore the practice is like a key, the key of meditation. If we have the right key in our hand, no matter how tightly the lock is closed, when we take the key and turn it the lock falls open. If we have no key we can't open the lock. We will never know what is in the trunk.

- Ajahn Chah, "Living Dharma"

A nation that is ruled by it's government is never truly free.

-Myself

Remember the virtues you lack and the faults you have; forget the good you did and the wrong you received.

- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C

Politics and Politicians get in the way of good and effective government.

-Myself

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free

- Oprah Winfrey

Erroneous views keep us in defilement While right views remove us from it, But when we are in a position to discard both of them We are then absolutely pure.

- The Sutra of Hui Neng

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.

-Unknown

It is better to have less if it is with peace of mind than to have abundant wealth but with a tormented spirit.

- Ecclesiastes