Buddha

There is no path to happiness: Happiness is the path.

In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

God is a loving god.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

When one person suffers from a delusion It is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion It is called Religion.

I’m a bit superstitious about certain things, like what shoes to wear. If I wear the wrong shoes, the whole day may go wrong. Or if I don’t get to the bottom of the stairs before the door closes – stupid little things like that. Then I also have all the normal ones, like don’t walking under ladders and so on.

I dressed the part and slipped into my Sunday best. I peeled open the heavy doors to every church I could find.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

I don’t know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn’t.

God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.

We’ve had the goddam Ages of Faith, we’ve had the goddam Age of Reason. This is the Age of Publicity.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.

I love learning about different religions, and discovering the different ways to worship, and to love the greatness and the higher being that surrounds us all. I definitely believe in a bigger presence, and I really respect all religions; at their core they all teach the same message – community and kindness and looking out for each other.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

The Kingdom of God is Within You,