Daily Zen - Thursday, March 31

The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking

new landscapes, but in having new eyes. 

~ Marcel Proust

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

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 29

If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,

this is the best season of your life.

~ Wumen

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

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

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

Daily Zen - Thursday, March 24

All endings are also beginnings.

We just don't know it at the time.

~ Mitch Albom

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 

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 22

Don't let fear of striking out

hold you back.

~ Babe Ruth

Daily Zen - Monday, March 21

My actions are my only true belongings.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh 

Weekend Zen, March 19-20

Countless paths lead to the mountain's summit,

yet from it the same moon shines over the land.

~ Ikkyu

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

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

Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 16

Through love, through friendship, 

a heart lives more than one life. 

~ Anais Nin

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 15

The moment was all; 

the moment was enough.

~ Virginia Woolf

Daily Zen - Monday, March 14

My purpose is to make my 

narrative as truthful as possible.

~ Col. George Custer

Weekend Zen, March 12-13

Act as if what you do makes

 a difference. It does. 

~ William James 

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

Daily Zen - Thursday, March 10

Happiness is not something ready made.

It comes from your own actions.

~ Dalai Lama

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

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 8

The most important point is to accept yourself

 and stand on your two feet.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

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

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

Daily Zen - Friday, March 4

Clear thinking requires courage

rather than intelligence.

~ Thomas Szasz

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

Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 2

A little of what you fancy

does you good.

~ Marie Lloyd

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