Buddhist Proverb

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

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

Right now, it’s like this.

The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

Live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have.

I have a habit of running from the things I’ve prayed for and then asking God to send them again.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

Zen has no business with ideas.

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

I’ve been up the mountain and I had a choice. Should I come down? So I came down. God said, Okay, you’ve been up on the mountain, now you go down. You’re on your own, free. Check in later, but now you’re on your own.

Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.

Do not learn how to react learn how to respond.

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

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

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life – after that you cannot be deceived.

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.