Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 2

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

~ George Eliot

Daily Zen - Monday, February 1

Man cannot discover new oceans unless

he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

~ André Gide

Weekend Zen, January 30-31

If the sight of blue skies fill you with joy,

if a blade of grass springing up in the fields 

has power to move you, if the simple things

of nature have a message that you understand,

rejoice, for your soul is alive.

~ Eleonora Duse

Daily Zen - Friday, January 29

It is the sweet, simple things of life

which are the real ones after all. 

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 28

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

~ Mary Oliver

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 27

Kindness is always fashionable.

~ Amelia E.Barr

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 26

We all want to be recognized. We all want to be seen.

See me. See who I am. See I am awesome.

See I am important. See me! 

This pitiful cry from the depths of our self,

this aspect of our deepest suffering. 

~ Michael Kewley

Daily Zen - Monday, January 25

The moment one gives close attention to anything,

even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious,

awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

~ Henry Miller

Weekend Zen, January 23-24

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves,

it is useless to seek it elsewhere. 

~ La Rochefoucauld

Daily Zen - Friday, January 22

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity

to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform,

to love, and to be greater than our suffering. 

~ Ben Okri

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 21

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no 

concern to us; for while we exist death is not present,

and when death is present we no longer exist. 

~ Epicurus

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 20

Do I contradict myself? 

Very well then I contradict myself.

I am large, I contain multitudes.

~ Walt Whitman

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 19

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in

humble places where other people see nothing.

~ Camille Pissarro

Daily Zen - Monday, January 18

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement...

get up in the morning and look at the world

in a way that takes nothing for granted. 

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

Weekend Zen, January 16-17

Seize from every moment its unique novelty,

and do not prepare your joys.

~ André Gide

Daily Zen - Friday, January 15

I find the best way to clear my mind

is to simply sit alone in silence.

~ William Chapman

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 14

Expect nothing.

Live frugally

on surprise.

~ Alice Walker

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 13

If we were not so single-minded 

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

 perhaps a huge silence 

might interrupt this sadness 

of never understanding ourselves...

~ Pablo Neruda

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 12

The only freedom we've got is not to react to 

anything, but to turn within and know the truth.

~ Robert Adams

Daily Zen - Monday, January 11

Have a mind that is open to everything, 

and attached to nothing. 

~ Tilopa