Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 24

Don't ever take a fence down 

until you know why it was put up.

~ Robert Frost

Daily Zen - Monday, November 23

It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world

than to regard half an hour as a trifle. 

~ Johann von Goethe

Weekend Zen, November 21-22

Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist.

Use Buddhism to become better at whatever

else in your life you are doing already.

~ Dalai Lama

Daily Zen - Friday, November 20

To be rooted in life --- to learn, to desire, 

to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want.

And nothing less. This is what I must try for.

~ Katherine Mansfield

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 19

The most precious gift we can 

offer anyone is our attention.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 18

When you are fooled by someone else,

the damage will not be so big. But when 

you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 17

You take it all in. You let the pain of the world

touch your heart and you turn it into compassion.

~ Gyalwa Karmapa

Daily Zen - Monday, November 16

If you are always trying to be normal,

you will never know how amazing you can be.

~ Maya Angelou

Weekend Zen, November 14-15

The smallest act of kindness is worth

more than the grandest intention.

~ Oscar Wilde

Daily Zen - Friday, November 13

Don't let them tame you. 

~ Isadora Duncan

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 12

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins;

it is less difficult to know that it has begun. 

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 11

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height.

Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches.

Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness

is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. 

Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, 

the deeper it goes simultaneously....

it is always in proportion. That's its balance.

~ Osho

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 10

... every saint has a past, 

and every sinner has a future.

~ Oscar Wilde

Daily Zen - Monday, November 9

It always seems impossible

until it's done.

~ Nelson Mandela 

Weekend Zen, November 7-8

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and 

heartbreaking stupidity of words.

~ William Faulkner

Daily Zen - Friday, November 6

The path is the goal.

~ Buddhist Saying

Daily Zen - Thursday, November 5

Defend your inner world. Be present.

Be in the moment. Engaged. Connected.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke 

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 4

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, November 3

What matters most is how

you walk through the fire.

~ Charles Bukowski

Daily Zen - Monday, November 2

If it scares you, 

it might be good to try. 

~ Seth Godin