"In a certain sense Zen is to feel life instead of feeling something about life." - Alan Watts

"The first and the best victory is to conquer self." - Plato

"All of the significant battles are waged within the self." - Sheldon Kopp

"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world." - Joseph Addison

"I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative." - Giovani della Casa

"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." – Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Courage comes from wanting to do it well. Security comes from knowing you can do it well. Confidence comes from having done it well." - Author Unknown

"The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach." - Yutang Lin

"If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there,
what is there to fear?" - Confucius

"I look upon it that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." - Samuel Johnson

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." - Eugene Ionesco

"Without consistency there is no moral strength." - Author Unknown

"Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I can't help but ask myself how much I let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before
And it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there

So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive?
It's driven me before
And it seems to be the way that everyone else gets around
But lately I'm beginning to find that
When I drive myself my light is found

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there

Would you choose water over wine
Hold the wheel and drive

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah

Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
I'll be there" - Incubus

"When religion grows in age, faith turns into dogma, and experience is replaced by book-knowledge, virtue by adherence to rules, devotion by ritual, meditation by metaphysical speculation. The time is then ripe for a rediscovery of truth and a fresh attempt to give it expression in life." - Lama Govinda

"Discretion is the better part of valor, and that is something the ego needs to understand." - Fred Fornicola

"You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind." - Timothy Leary

"The aim of living is life itself." - Goethe

"The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love." - Zig Ziglar

"You'll never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals." - Anonymous

"To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous." - Chinese Proverb

"See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking." - W.H. Auden

“What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.” - Jesus

Letting Go

Once upon a time there lived a farmer in the three kingdoms of China.
This farmer had a son who worked the farm with the help of a horse.
The horse ran away one day.
The local farmers came and said, "How unlucky, your horse ran away."
The farmer said, "Perhaps."
The next day, the horse came back, but was followed by a whole herd.
When the local farmers found out, they said, "You have great luck."
Again, the farmer said, "Perhaps."
Another day passes, and the farmer's son broke his leg while riding some of the new horses.
The local farmers again came, and this time they said, "What bad luck, your son broke his leg."
The farmer repeated, "Perhaps."
On the fourth day, the emperor's army were recruiting for the army and because of the son's broken leg, did not recruit him.
The local farmers this time said, "What great luck, your son did not get recruited."
The farmer again, repeated, "Perhaps."

"He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality." - Friedrich Durrenmatt

"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau

"When a person is confused, he sees east as west. When he is enlightened, west itself is east." - Ta-Hui

"If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness." - Chinese Proverb

"Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish." - Hermann Hesse

"Nothing is more real than nothing." - Samuel Beckett

"My time is today." - George Gershwin