“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
The Miracle of Mindfulness:
An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”
When Things Fall Apart:
Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart…”
Start Where You Are:
A Guide to Compassionate Living
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
Meditations
“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind”
Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.”
Psychotherapy East and West
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
“Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.”
“Always ask yourself: “What will happen if I say nothing?”
Our way of being, is as important as what we do.
Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.
What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
