Weekend Zen, August 31 - September 1

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

~ Novalis

Daily Zen - Friday, August 30

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

~ John Wooden

Daily Zen - Thursday, August 29

Change is the end result of all true learning.

~ Leo Buscaglia

Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 28

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 27

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Daily Zen - Monday, August 26

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Weekend Zen, August 24-25

The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse.

~ Dave Chappelle

Daily Zen - Friday, August 23

"Looking for fun and feelin' groovy..."

~ Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Daily Zen - Thursday, August 22

Drink and dance and laugh and lie,

Love, the reeling midnight through,

For tomorrow we shall die!

(But, alas, we never do.)

~ Dorothy Parker

Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 21

Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.

         ~ Jack Buck

Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 20

Let myriad things captivate you and you'll go further and further astray.

         ~ Ryokan  

Daily Zen - Monday, August 19

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you set up a life you don’t need to escape from. 

~ Seth Godin

Weekend Zen, August 17-18

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

~ Rafael Nadal

Daily Zen - Friday, August 16

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

~ Epictetus

Daily Zen - Thursday, August 15

In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

~ Linda Ellerbee

Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 14

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

~ Steve Martin

(Happy Birthday, Steve!)

Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 13

I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough.

                               ~ Ruth Humleker

Daily Zen - Monday, August 12

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Weekend Zen, August 10-11

There is nothing to do. One just has to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural.

                                                ~ Osho

Daily Zen - Friday, August 9

Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!

                    ~ Ram Dass

Daily Zen - Thursday, August 8

I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

             ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Daily Zen - Wednesday, August 7

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

                         ~ Garrison Keillor

Daily Zen - Tuesday, August 6

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

~ Lucille Ball

Daily Zen - Monday, August 5

Be joyful because it is humanly possible. 

~ Wendell Berry

Weekend Zen, August 3-4

I have nothing to report, my friends. If you want to find the meaning, stop chasing after so many things.

~ Ryokan

Daily Zen - Friday, August 2

You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world.

~ Tim Gunn

Daily Zen - Thursday, July 1

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

         ~ Herman Melville