Friday, January 17

The mind creates the abyss,

and the heart crosses it.

~ Sri Nisargadatta

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 16

The true value of a human being

can be found in the degree to which

he has attained liberation from the self.

~ Albert Einstein

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 15

Courage doesn't always roar.

Sometimes courage is the quiet

voice at the end of the day saying, 

"I will try  again tomorrow."

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 14

I have arrived. I am home

in the here, in the now.

I am solid. I am free.

In the ultimate, I dwell.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen - Monday, January 13

The ultimate measure of a man

is not where he stands in moments

of comfort and convenience, 

but where he stands at times 

of challenge and controversy.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Weekend Zen, January 11-12

Be glad of life because 

it gives you the chance to love

and to work and to play

and to look up at the stars.

~ Henry van Dyke

Daily Zen - Friday, January 10

A little nonsense 

now and then

is cherished by

the wisest men.

~ Anonymous

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 9

It is never too late to 

give up your prejudices.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 8

An act of goodness 

surpasses a 

thousand prayers.

~ Sa'di

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 7

You yourself, as much as anybody

in the entire universe, 

deserve your love and attention.

~ Buddha

Daily Zen - Monday, January 6

Let us learn to appreciate

there will be times when 

the trees will be bare,

and look forward to the time 

when we may pick the fruit.

~ Anton Chekhov

Weekend Zen, January 4-5

Climb the mountains and 

get their good tidings. 

Nature's peace will flow into you

as sunshine flows into trees.

~ John Muir 

Daily Zen - Friday, January 3

A friend knows the song

in my heart and sings it

to me when my memory fails.

~ Donna Roberts

Daily Zen - Thursday, January 2

Forever is 

composed

of nows.

~ Emily Dickinson

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 1 (New Year's Edition)

And now we welcome

the new year

full of things that

have never been.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Daily Zen - Tuesday, December 31

Eliminate something superfluous from your life.

Break a habit. Do something that makes you 

feel insecure. Carry out an action with 

complete attention and intensity, 

as if it were your last.

~ Piero Ferrucci

Daily Zen - Monday, December 30

Who looks outside, dreams;

who looks inside, awakes.

~ Carl Jung

Weekend Zen, December 28-29

Life does not need to 

be changed; only our

intents and actions do.

~ Swami Rama

Daily Zen - Friday, December 27

Love is when the other person's

happiness is more important

than your own.

~  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Daily Zen - Thursday, December 26

Happiness is when what you think,

what you say, and what you do

are in harmony.

~ Mahatma Gandhi