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Thinking can be productive and good. But most of the time, our thinking is not productive. Our thoughts pull us away from the here and now. It’s very important to learn how to stop all of that unproductive thinking. This doesn’t mean that thinking is inherently bad, because in fact thinking can be good. But so much of our thinking causes sorrow, fear, or anger to arise. - Thich Nhat Hanh
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Things are not inherently better or worse. We represent them more or less favorably in our consciousness according to our experience, capacity, maturity, and inclination. - Tashi Nyima
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Teacher is a role, not an identity. - Ethan Nichtern
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Now more than ever, it’s imperative to be able to differentiate between what we ought to hold on to and what we ought to let go of, in order to live life to the fullest. - Shunmyo Masuno
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“We should try, periodically, to follow our hearts most noble dictates. For example, if you hear of a friend who is ill and think ‘I must go see her’ do so even in later on you are concerned that you running late or the visit seems inconvenient. Similarly, if during a charity appeal your heart is touched and your instinct is to give a larger sum than you normally would, donate it , even it later on during a more calculating moment, you want to give less.” - Rabbi Joseph Teluskin
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Some say, ‘I don’t care about liberation.’ This is half-true, half-false. Everyone seeks liberation. After all, who wants suffering? Who wants bad luck? Who wants poverty? Who wants illness? No one does. That itself is the desire for liberation. A liberation from misfortune to find happiness, from poverty to find abundance, from suffering to find peace, joy and contentment. — Master Jingzong
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There’s nothing as hard to keep watch of as the mind, because it’s so accustomed to wrong views and wrong opinions.- K. Khao-Suan-Luang
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If you fall sick, you can be diagnosed for the root cause of that sickness and seek treatment to restore your health. And it’s the same with happiness—if you’re suffering, diagnose the root cause of your suffering, treat it, and you can recover your state of happiness. — Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
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No situation is inherently problematic. Whether or not we perceive it as a problem is a matter of personal appreciation, a subjective perspective, a transformation of our own consciousness. - Tashi Nyima
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Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action, rather it is timing. It waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. – Fulton J. Sheen