So long as space remains,
So long as sentient beings remain,
I will remain,
In order to help,
In order to serve,
In order to make my own contribution.
That sort of thinking brings one inner strength and confidence. It has brought purpose to my life. No matter how difficult or complicated things may be, if we have this type of mental attitude, we can have inner peace.
An Open Heart; Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life, HH the Dalai Lama
"“Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.”
By Marianne Williamson
— Neale Donald Walsch (via illuminatedbeing)
(via truthlovebeauty)
— Neale Donald Walsch (via illuminatedbeing)
(via truthlovebeauty)
“We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time…We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: ‘Too late…’” » MLK
“Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.” » Houellebecq
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind!” » Dr. Seuss (isn’t that such a great quote?)
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” » Kurt Vonnegut
“There is not way to happiness, happiness is the way” » The Buddha via Cara
“Our control on the outside world is limited, temporary, and often illusory.” » Matthieu Ricard
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms or books that are written in a foreign tongue. The point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live your way some distant day into the answers.
—-Rainer Maria Rilke
“TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.”
“SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.”
“ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.”
“RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.”
“FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.”
“INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.”
“SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.”
“JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.”
“MODERATION. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.”
“CLEANLINESS. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation.”
“TRANQUILLITY. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.”
“CHASTITY. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.”
“HUMILITY. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.”
"— Virginia Woolf (via arreter)
— Henry Miller (via thelittlesea)
— D. H. Lawrence (via thelittlesea)
Your worst enemy cannot harm you
As much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
But once mastered,
No one can help you as much,
Not even your father or your mother.- Buddha
(Source: namastechick)