Weekend Zen, October 31 - November 1

The trick is to enjoy life.

Don't wish away your days

waiting for better ones. 

~ Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Daily Zen - Friday, October 30

In every walk with nature,

 one receives far more than he seeks.

~ John Muir

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 29

Happiness is not a goal;

it's a by-product.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 28

The true delight is in the finding out 

rather than in the knowing.

~ Isaac Asimov

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 27

Never cut what you can untie.

~ Joseph Joubert

Daily Zen - Monday, October 26

Nothing is lost,

nothing is created,

everything is transformed.

~ Antoine Lavoisier

Weekend Zen, October 24-25

Happiness is inward, and not outward;

and so, it does not depend on 

what we have but on what we are.

~ Henry van Dyke

Daily Zen - Friday, October 23

What we see depends mainly

on what we look for. 

~ John Lubbock

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 22

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in 

your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy. 

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 21

If the world seems cold to you,

kindle fires to warm it.

~ Lucy Larcom

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 20

Perfection is the enemy of results. 

~ John Tarrant

Daily Zen - Monday, October 19

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

~ Charles Dickens

Weekend Zen, October 17-18

Stop insisting on clearing your head ---

clear your heart instead.

~ Charles Bukowski

Daily Zen - Friday, October 16

I can feel this heart inside me and I conclude it exists.

I can touch this world and I also conclude that it exists.

All my knowledge ends at this point.

The rest is hypothesis. 

~ Albert Camus

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 15

When people talk, listen completely.

~ Ernest Hemingway

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 14

Treat every moment as your last. 

It is not preparation for something else.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 13

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

~ Benjamin Spock

Daily Zen - Monday, October 12

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, 

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

~ Lao Tzu

Weekend Zen, October 10-11

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,

as if it is the axis on which the world earth 

revolves --- slowly, evenly, without rushing

 toward the future. Live the actual moment.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Friday, October 9

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 8

Getting what you want is not nearly

 as important as giving what you have.

~ Tom Krause

Daily Zen - Wednesday, October 7

Well done is better than well said.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 6

There is enchantment right in front of you,

waiting for you to notice.

~ Janet Luhrs

Daily Zen - Monday, October 5

Do what you can,

with what you have,

where you are. 

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Weekend Zen, October 3-4

When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, 

the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir 

inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? 

Whatever it is, it's welcome.

~ Kristin Armstrong

Daily Zen - Friday, October 2

The most important reason for going from

 one place to another is to see what's in between.

~ Norton Juster

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 1

A fool sees himself as another, 

but a wise man sees others as himself.

~ Dogen Zenji