Ajahn Brahm

Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.

Clouds float in the same pattern only once.

Little difficulties are made to swell until they fill our horizon while the real big blessings of life are dwindled down to nothing.

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

When you get to the top, don’t forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

I’m doing it because I choose it. And if it’s not working, I can make a change.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

You generate the results in your life that you believe you deserve.

I don’t know anybody so old he can’t do something useful. Just give them a chance and see.

Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

They (wives) are people who think when the telephone bell rings, it is against the law not to answer it

I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.