We should always live in the dark empty sky. The sky is always the sky. Even though clouds and lightning come, the sky is not disturbed. Even if the flashing of enlightenment comes, our practice forgets all about it. Then it is ready for another enlightenment.
- Shunryu Suzuki, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
- Althea Gibson
First a person should put his house together, then his town, then the world.
- Rabbi Israel Salanter
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel.
-Unknown
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism and falsehood. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel,
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
- Ray Kroc
If I have learned one thing in this life, it is that God will not tie my shoes without me.
- Doug Boyd
In my own experience, the period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life. ...Through a difficult period, you can learn, you can develop inner strength, determination, and courage to face the problem. Who gives you this chance? Your enemy.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
And, lastly. One of my favorites of all time.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.
- Victor Hugo
