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Sayings
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Veteran
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated and uplifted by the sayings of wise (and/or funny) people. They inspire me when I'm disillusioned and make me smile at their simplicity. I used to write them down so I could constantly refer to them, but that was pre computer age, now I am old but a Macaholic so I save them on my iPad and therefore all my devices. I'd like to share them with you in the hope they will also uplift you.
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Frank Clark
This quote I hold dear it's very liberating emphasizing the compassion Buddhas share with the first timers and sharing a frame of mind that produces very little to no mental unnecessary sufferings.
The one mind.
This is a quote from buddhism now on Facebook.
And so is this
Awakening's a continuous process—first practise then awakening, further practise further awakening, continuing endlessly. Maezumi Roshi
Eihei Dogen
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell.
Who incidentally, when he invented the telephone, had 3 missed calls from Chuck Norris
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A couple of others:
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. -Richard Bach
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. -Henry David Thoreau
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost
Why count the spokes of a wheel?
Centre’s ever still.
- Karl Marx
Just one for now:
"Your greatest difficulty is with yourself; for you are your own stumbling-block."
~Seneca, Letter 21
And this one by Nietzsche resonates with me greatly:
"Let us suppose that we say yes to a single moment; we would thus have said yes not only to ourselves but to all existence. For nothing is isolated, either in ourselves, or in things. And if happiness makes our souls vibrate and resonate even once, all the eternities will have been necessary to create the conditions of this single event, and all eternity has been approved, saved, justified, affirmed in this unique instant in which we have said yes."
And in a similar vein, Dogen (from "Time-Being"):
"Each moment is all being, each moment is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment."
– Carl Bard
"Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterward"
Vernon Sanders Law
~Mooji
-Ancient Swedish wisdom... er... wait, no, I'm sorry... that was Ace of Base
Sorry, I was having a rough day and my 90's playlist really helped.
"Ten thousand flowers in spring,
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life."
-Wu Men (1183-1260)
from Wings of Desire
George Bernard Shaw
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
- William Shedd
My second favorite:
"No matter where you go, there you are."
- Buckaroo Bonzai
“You cannot control the results, only your actions.” - Allan Lokos
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein
"Before you judge a man walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? ...He's a mile away and you've got his shoes." - Billy Connolly
Those who do not move, do not notice there chains-Rosa Luxemburg
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than Absolutely boring-Marilyn Monroe
"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are"-Lady Gaga
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?-Epicurus
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, remains and is immortal." -- Albert Pike
"In the depth of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus
Here’s the thing: the boat is always empty. Whenever we interact with other people who might “do something to us” (be rude, ignore us, be too demanding, break our favorite coffee cup, etc.), we’re bumping into an empty boat. We just think there’s some fool in that boat who should have known better, but really it’s just a boat bumping into us, no harm intended by the boat.
That’s a hard lesson to learn, because we tend to imbue the actions of others with a story of their intentions, and how they should have acted instead. We think they’re out to get us, or they should base their lives around being considerate to us and not offending us. But really they’re just doing their thing, without bad intent, and the boat just happens to bump into us.
When we see things with this lens, they suddenly become emptied of anger and stress. Our boss was rude? Empty boat, just respond appropriately, don’t imbue with a story. Kid throws a tantrum? Empty boat, just breathe and find the appropriate, non-angry response.
This is detachment. It’s seeing the actions and words of others as just phenomena happening outside of us, like a leaf falling or the wind blowing. We don’t get angry at the wind for blowing, and yet the blowing does affect us. Let the actions of your kid be the wind blowing — you just need to find an appropriate response, rather than being stressed that this phenomenon is happening.
So when your kid is doing something other than what you’d like, let go of that desired outcome that’s stressing you out, and let go of the story you’ve imbued into their actions. Just think, “Empty boat, wind blowing.”
And then give them a hug. Let love guide your actions. Teach, don’t control. Set an example of how they should behave with your compassionate response. They’re watching you, not listening to your words, and that’s how they learn".
Everyday Zen.
Charlotte Beck
NOW! Practice.
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
you might like to have a trawl through this thread too....
~Leon Trotsky
Chinese Proverb
And eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Every if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
-Eugene V. Debs
Rumi
Our ode to our fallen soldiers we recite on ANZAC Day (Veterans Day) here in Australia.
Spent a wonderful, reflective day with mates I was in Vietnam with.
What a terrible waste of young lives war is.
Chinese saying
He nailed it with most every thing he said didn't he.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ".
Mr Natural
Chinese saying
Ode of Remembrance.
"Lest we forget"
Chinese saying
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short not to enjoy it.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.
5.Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for things that matter.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye… But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words, ‘In five years, will this matter?’
27. Always choose Life.
28. Forgive but don’t forget.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give Time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d
grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you think you need.
42. The best is yet to come…
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”
http://dreamchoosers.com/45-life-lessons-list-written-by-a-90-year-old/
J. Petit Senn