Buddha

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

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

Don’t rush anything. When the time is right, it’ll happen.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

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

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

Do not learn how to react learn how to respond.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

We are desire. It is the essence of the human Soul, the secret of our existence. Absolutely nothing of human greatness is ever accomplished without it. Not a symphony has been written, a mountain climbed, an injustice fought, or a love sustained apart from desire. Desire fuels our search for the life we prize. – John Elderidge

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I’m not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I’ve never thought about that before! He said, When you’re not following me, you’re resisting me.

Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

The Buddhist notion of diligence is to delight in positive deeds.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman.

The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman’s construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse with the other sex sexually, at any time of life. During twenty-three days in every month (in the absence of pregnancy) from the time a woman is seven years old till she dies of old age, she is ready for action, and competent. As competent as the candlestick is to receive the candle. Competent every day, competent every night. Also, she wants that candle – yearns for it, longs for it, hankers after it, as commanded by the law of God in her heart.

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.