Weekend Zen, March 8-9

And for the rest,

let life happen to you.

Believe me: life is

always in the right.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Daily Zen - Friday, March 7

If you want to go quickly,

go alone.

If you want to go far,

go together.

~ African Proverb

Daily Zen - Thursday, March 6

If you pay attention for just five minutes,

you know some very fundamental dharma:

Things change, nothing stays 

comfortable, sensations come and go, 

but not because of anything you did.

~ Sylvia Boorstein

Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 5

To be surprised, to wonder,

is to begin to understand.

~ José Ortega Y Gasset

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 4

He who can take 

no great interest

in what is small 

will take false interest

in what is great.

~ John Ruskin

Daily Zen - Monday, March 3

Courage is what it takes

to stand up and speak; 

courage is also what it takes

to sit down and listen.

~ Winston Churchill 

Weekend Zen, March 1-2

Life is present

in this moment.

Every breath brings me

back to the present moment

to be in touch with life.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Friday, February 28

The past is a guidepost,

not a hitching post.

~ L. Thomas Holdcroft 

Daily Zen - Thursday, February 27

When we are still,

it gives insight

a chance to rise.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh 

Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 26

The truth knocks on the door and

you say, "Go away. I'm looking for

the truth," and so, it goes away.

~ Robert Pirsig

Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 25

What is defeat?

Nothing but education;

nothing but the first step

to something better.

~ Wendell Phillips

Daily Zen - Monday, February 24

Make all you can,

save all you can,

give all you can.

~ John Wesley

Weekend Zen, February 22-23

Most of the miracles we hear of

are infinitely less wonderful

than the commonest of natural

phenomena, when fairly seen. 

~ John Muir

Daily Zen - Friday, February 21

A sense of humor...is needed armor.

Joy in one's heart and some laughter

on one's lips is a sign that the person

down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

~ Hugh Sidey

Daily Zen - Thursday, February 20

I have lived for more than fifty years,

floating in the sea of birth and death ––

There is nothing to grasp.

~ Shinetsu

Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 19

To bear defeat with dignity, 

to accept criticism with poise,

to receive honors with humility ––

these are marks of maturity

and graciousness.

~ William Arthur Ward 

Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 18

When our mind isn't present,

we look but we don't see,

we listen but we don't hear,

we eat but we don't know 

the flavor of the food.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Monday, February 17

It is necessary to any originality

to have the courage to be an amateur.

~ Wallace Stevens

Weekend Zen, February 15-16

Whether or not we are happy depends on 

our awareness. When you have a toothache, you

think not having a toothache will make you happy. 

But when you don't have a toothache, often you 

are still not happy. If you practice awareness, 

you suddenly become very rich, very happy.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Friday, February 14

Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like 

volcanoes and then subsides. And when it 

subsides, you have to make a decision. 

You have to work out whether your roots 

have so entwined together that it is

inconceivable that you should ever part.

~ Louis de Bernieres