The Way Things Turn
Politics, culture, and other best laid plans.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Daily Zen - Thursday, March 31
The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking
new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
~ Marcel Proust
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 30
Be yourself --- not your idea of what you think
somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 29
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
~ Wumen
Monday, March 28, 2016
Daily Zen - Monday, March 28
Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice.
Wake up in the morning,
look in the mirror,
and laugh at yourself.
~ Bernie Glassman
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Weekend Zen, March 26-27
It is good to love as many things as one can,
for wherein there lies true strength, and those who
love much, do much and accomplish much,
and whatever is done with love is done well.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
Friday, March 25, 2016
Daily Zen - Friday, March 25
The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow men
is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.
~ Martin Buber
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Daily Zen - Thursday, March 24
All endings are also beginnings.
We just don't know it at the time.
~ Mitch Albom
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 23
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to
change the world. Today I am wise,
so I am changing myself.
~ Rumi
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 22
Don't let fear of striking out
hold you back.
~ Babe Ruth
Monday, March 21, 2016
Daily Zen - Monday, March 21
My actions are my only true belongings.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Weekend Zen, March 19-20
Countless paths lead to the mountain's summit,
yet from it the same moon shines over the land.
~ Ikkyu
Friday, March 18, 2016
Daily Zen - Friday, March 18
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed
before the new one can come.
~ Joseph Campbell
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Daily Zen - Thursday, March 17
Enlightenment will be ours when we are able
to care for others as much as we now care
for ourselves, and ignore ourselves to the
same extent that we now ignore others.
~ Khyentse Rinpoche
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 16
Through love, through friendship,
a heart lives more than one life.
~ Anais Nin
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 15
The moment was all;
the moment was enough.
~ Virginia Woolf
Monday, March 14, 2016
Daily Zen - Monday, March 14
My purpose is to make my
narrative as truthful as possible.
~ Col. George Custer
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Weekend Zen, March 12-13
Act as if what you do makes
a difference. It does.
~ William James
Friday, March 11, 2016
Daily Zen - Friday, March 11
Be bold. If you're going to make an error,
make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
~ Billie Jean King
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Daily Zen - Thursday, March 10
Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
~ Dalai Lama
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 9
Remember there's no such thing
as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
~ Scott Adams
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 8
The most important point is to accept yourself
and stand on your two feet.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Monday, March 7, 2016
Daily Zen - Monday, March 7
When obstacles arise, you change
your direction to reach your goal,
you do not change your decision to get there.
~ Zig Ziglar
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Weekend Zen, March 5
Our awakening is made of this world, just as it is.
Awakening is the unfolding of an ability to see what
has always been here. To see more and more
reliably, what is actually in front of you.
~ Joan Sutherland
Friday, March 4, 2016
Daily Zen - Friday, March 4
Clear thinking requires courage
rather than intelligence.
~ Thomas Szasz
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Daily Zen - Thursday, March 3
Not nakedness, not matted locks, not dirt,
not fasting, or sleeping on the bare earth,
not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless can
purify a mortal who has not overcome his doubts.
~Buddha
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 2
A little of what you fancy
does you good.
~ Marie Lloyd
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 1
You can be creative only if you love life enough
that you want to enhance its beauty,
you want to bring a little more music to it,
a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.
~ Osho
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