The Way Things Turn
Politics, culture, and other best laid plans.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Weekend Zen, August 30-31
True courage is the product of tenderness.
It arises when we let the world touch our heart,
our heart that is so beautiful and bare.
~ Chogyam Trungpa
Friday, August 29, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, August 29
...happiness is not born from what we
receive, but from what we give.
~ Taisen Deshimaru
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, August 28
In seeing the true nature of others,
we also discover all their problems, their
aspirations, their suffering, and their fears.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 27
When your inner and outer energies radiate in harmony,
you are blessed and spiritually magnetic.
~ Jasmine Heiler
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 26
In the right light, at the right time,
everything is extraordinary.
~ Aaron Rose
Monday, August 25, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, August 25
Knowledge of what is possible
is the beginning of happiness.
~ George Santayana
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Weekend Zen, August 23-24
Let the clock and the earth do their own thing...
Let the comings and goings of life continue...
But you stay HERE and NOW.
~ Ram Dass
Friday, August 22, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, August 22
Expect nothing in return, have
no goal and no mind for profit.
~ Taisen Deshimaru
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, August 21
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience
for the small ones, and when you have laboriously
accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
~ Victor Hugo
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 20
Be glad of life because it gives you
the chance to love and to work and
to play and to look up at the stars.
~ Henry Van Dyke
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 19
If you would hit the mark, you
must aim a little above it.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Monday, August 18, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, August 18
The secret of joy in work is
contained in one word - excellence.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Weekend Zen, August 16-17
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You
can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
~ David Lloyd George
Friday, August 15, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, August 15
Life is the only real counselor: wisdom unfiltered
through personal experience does not
become a part of the moral tissue.
~ Edith Wharton
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, August 14
You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond
necklace that is already around around your neck.
~ Djalal Ad-Din Rumi
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 13
Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right
there in the imperfection is perfect reality.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 12
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do,
something to love, and something to hope for.
~ Allan K. Chalmers
Monday, August 11, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, August 11
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Weekend Zen, August 9-10
Love the moment, and the energy of that
moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
~ Sister Mary Corita Kent
Friday, August 8, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, August 8
Trust yourself. You know
more than you think you do.
~ Benjamin Spock
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, August 7
You ask me what you should do and what you
should not do? Just allow yourself to change naturally.
~ Chuang Tzu
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 6
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
~ Margaret Mead
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 5
Our contribution to the progress of the world must,
therefore, consist in setting our own house in order.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Monday, August 4, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, August 4
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day,
a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of
magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
~ J.B. Priestly
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Weekend Zen, August 2-3
Adventure is worthwhile.
~ Amelia Earhart
Friday, August 1, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, August 1
Love is above all, the gift of oneself.
~ Jean Anouilh
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