Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. - Soren Kierkegaard
At a time when anxiety and depression are epidemic and civic life is corrupted by injustice, conflict, and distrust, an understanding of the virtues has never been more important. —Seth Zuihō Segall
Right speech means using kind and helpful words, speaking at appropriate times in ways that fit both the situation and our intentions. - Lam Yuen Ching
Death can come at any moment. You could die this afternoon; you could die tomorrow morning; you could die on your way to work; you could die in your sleep. Most of us try to avoid the sense that death can come at any time, but its timing is unknown to us. Can we live each day as if it were our last? Can we relate to one another as if there were no tomorrow? - Joan Halifax
Every time kindness or generosity inspires your good deeds, you are strengthening your tendency in that direction, -Bhikkhu Cintita
Mindfulness isn’t difficult; we just need to remember to do it. - Sharon Salzberg
Right mindfulness works as a garbage collector, picking up useless thoughts and foul elements along the way, and discarding and eliminating them so that they cannot mess up our mind or leave a dirty trail behind. - David Dale Holmes
Will you drop all your prejudices, all your opinions about what you are, what you are not, what you should be, so that you have a free, uncluttered mind? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You must be as audacious as someone trying to grab the eyebrows of a living tiger or snatch the whiskers of a flying dragon. Then you will know. 𑁋Kusan Sunim
It is a great advantage to be able to face life with a positive and balanced spirit.
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