The Way Things Turn
Politics, culture, and other best laid plans.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 30
Reach high, for the stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
~ Pamela Vaull Starr
Monday, September 29, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, September 29
Let us be grateful to people who make
us happy, they are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom.
~ Marcel Proust
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Weekend Zen, September 27-28
The time to be happy is now.
The place to be happy is here.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Friday, September 26, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, September 26
Only when we are no longer
afraid do we begin to live.
~ Dorothy Thompson
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, September 25
'Tis better to live your own life imperfectly
than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 24
Take time for all things:
great haste makes great waste.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin, Billy Joel. The wisdom's basically the same.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 23
Understanding is the basis of love.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Monday, September 22, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, September 22
Great balance sustains all things.
~ Chuang Tzu
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Weekend Zen, September 20-21
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should
act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
~ Nicolas de Chamfort
Friday, September 19, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, September 19
Live like the the strings of a fine instrument -
not too taut but not too loose.
~ Buddha
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, September 18
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
~ A. Powell Davies
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 17
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
~ Xenophon
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 16
The truest greatness lies in being kind,
the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Monday, September 15, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, September 15
The world belongs to the energetic.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Weekend Zen, September 13-14
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may
look back and realize they were the big things.
~ Robert Brault
Friday, September 12, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, September 12
When one who is lost understands that he must turn back,
he is not far from having found the way.
~ Zen Saying
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, September 11
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumblebee,
the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain.
Feel the wind. Live your to the fullest potential.
~ Ashley Smith
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 10
The things we truly love stay with us always,
locked in our hearts as long as life remains.
~ Josephine Baker
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 9
Never giving up and pushing forward will
unlock all the potential we are capable of.
~ Christy Borgeld
Monday, September 8, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, September 8
The source of human suffering is that everyone
chooses one side and refuses to see the other side.
~ Liou Kia-Hway
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Weekend Zen, September 6-7
Our way is to go step by step, appreciating our everyday life.
Then we can see what we are doing and where we are.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Friday, September 5, 2014
Daily Zen - Friday, September 5
It is imperative to base your life on yourself,
to take responsibility for your own happiness.
~ Josei Toda
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Daily Zen - Thursday, September 4
And in the end, it's not the years in your life
that count. It's the life in your years.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 3
Accept challenges, so that you may
feel the exhilaration of victory.
~ George S. Patton
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Daily Zen - Tuesday, September 2
For us, there is only the trying.
The rest is not our business.
~ T.S. Eliot
Monday, September 1, 2014
Daily Zen - Monday, September 1 (Labor Day Edition)
To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Try to enjoy your job this much. I dare you.
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