The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.
Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.
To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.
Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.
Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Your state of mind is everything.
A person cannot forget someone who is good to them.
Flow in the living moment. — We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed. Have no rigid system in you, and you’ll be flexible to change with the ever changing. Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding.
Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.
When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body.
Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit
In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.
Anxiety is the gap between the NOW and the THEN. So if you are in the NOW, you can't be anxious, because your excitement flows immediately into ongoing spontaneous activity.
Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself.
The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time.
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