May 15, 2006

Some of the subjects covered here...

Testing blockquotes what do you think


Living in the moment
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim)

Stillness
To the mind that is still, The whole universe surrenders. Chuang Tzu






The nature of God
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things. Pablo Casals

Letting go
Life just is. You have to flow with it. Give yourself to the moment. Let it happen. Governor Gerry Brown

Loving ourselves
Respect heroes above men, gods above demi-gods, but above all, respect yourself. (Pythagoras)

Knowing our own truth
Say not I have found the truth, but rather I have found a truth. Kahlil Gibran

Cherishing others
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli

Courage
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

Creating ourselves
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard
Shore

Inspiring quotes
Hope is the ability to listen to the music of the future. Faith is the courage to dance to it in the present. Craig Botha

Thought-provoking quotes
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; anything but - live for it. Charles Caleb Colton

The grace of laughter
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. Victor Borge

The power of vivid intentions
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

Having passion
I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success. George Burns

The power of simplicity
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. C.W.Ceram

Finding treasure
My house burned down. Now I can better see the rising moon (Basho, a 12th century Japanese wanderer)

The power of questions
All human progress is preceded by new questions. (Anthony Robbins)

Tips on doing
Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things. Stephen Covey

Giving
Be what you are looking for and what you are looking for will find you. What you seek from another, give to another. That which you wish to experience from another, cause another to experience. N. D. Walsch

Exploring
We must not cease from our exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive at the place where we began and to know the place for the first time. (T.S.Elliot)