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So many people walk this earth,
with purpose in their eyes,
But in their heart of hearts they know,
What they’re living is a lie.
The alarm goes off at 6am,
Like every other day.
So they can walk into a job they hate,
Because they need the pay.
All time does is take from them,
But it never seems to give.
Always waiting for the day to come,
When they finally start to live.
I’m all too scared that one day soon,
I’ll become just like the rest.
Only walking with the crowd,
Because my dreams have been oppressed.
That one day I’ll look back on life,
At the opportunities that I missed,
And realize I never truly lived.
All I did was just exist.

-Erin Hanson-

If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren’t led by the senses, your heart will find peace. Seeing into darkness is clarity. Knowing how to yield is strength. Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.

Lao Tzu

When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You appreciate it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.

The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying “You’re too this, or I’m too this.” That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.

Ram Dass

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.-Og Mandino

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. ~unknown

Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. ~Charlotte Brontë

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Author : Lao Tzu

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

When people are determined they can overcome anything.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

Author : Nelson Mandela

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. So accept madness too. Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life...If you want to find paths, you should also not spurn madness, since it makes up such a great part of your nature...Be glad that you can recognize it, for you will thus avoid becoming its victim. Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life.

Author : Carl Gustav Jung