Daily Zen - Thursday, October 31

A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

           ~ Demetri Martin

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 30

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

~ Oscar Wilde

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 29

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Daily Zen - Monday, October 28

Be as you wish to seem.

~ Socrates

Weekend Zen, October 26-27

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.

          ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Daily Zen - Friday, October 25

Consumed with anger, the world is an ugly place.
Bathed in happiness, the world is a wonderful place.
But, aha! The same world.

~ Taitetsu Unno

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 24

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

~ Stephen Covey

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 23

The key question to keep asking is - are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

~ Randy Pausch

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 22

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

        ~ Deepak Chopra

Daily Zen - Monday, October 21

Contentment is the only real wealth.

~ Alfred Nobel

Weekend Zen, October 19-20

If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

~ John Irving

Daily Zen - Friday, October 18

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

~ Martina Navratilova

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 17

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

~ Ian MacLaren

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 16

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

~ Oscar Wilde

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 15

Love has power to give in a moment what toil can scarcely reach in an age.

              ~ Johann von Goethe

Daily Zen - Monday, October 14

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

~ e. e. cummings

Weekend Zen, October 12-13

I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

                    ~ Sparky Anderson

Daily Zen - Friday, October 11

When you come to a fork in the road take it.

~ Yogi Berra

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 10

If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it. 

~ Al Lopez

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 9

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

~ Willie Stargell

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 8

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

~ Babe Ruth

Daily Zen - Monday, October 7

In the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

         ~ Kahlil Gibran

Weekend Zen, October 5-6

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

                                        ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Daily Zen - Friday, October 4

As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

                          ~ James McGreevey

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 3

A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

              ~ Bryant H. McGill

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 2

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

~ Mario Puzo

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 1

Never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

        ~ Colin Powell