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It is often seen that human beings can endure problems quite well, but cannot endure success. When we are successful and have everything we desire, it can easily go to our heads. There is a great danger of losing our common sense and becoming careless and arrogant. — Ringu Tulku
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Another antidote to depression that I’ve found is the practice of gratitude. It’s hard to be grateful when you’re miserable, but you can start anywhere. You can be grateful that your shoes fit your feet, or that hot water comes out of a pipe in the wall when you turn a handle. - Susan Moon
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If you’re mindful, you evade desire as easily as side-stepping a snake. You’re free of the world’s sticky traps. Be mindful. Abandon desire. Bail out the boat and reach the further shore. - Buddha
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There’s no way to make things perfectly predictable, no real security. Security is a grand illusion. – Anam Thubten
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You may have been sick, attacked, or wealthy through no fault or action of your own. This is called the law of accident, not the law of karma. These are two very separate and different dictums under which we live. - Asa Hershoff
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Are you really here, or are you simply waiting for the next thing? - Ram Dass
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Nothing in the world will settle down unless the minds of human beings settle down. - Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche
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Modern life consumes people to the point where human beings lose their ability to just be good, simple, and kindhearted people. - Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche
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Pleasant or unpleasant depends on our way of looking. - Thich Nhat Hanh
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In our life we encounter a multitude of obstacles and difficult circumstances. But the worst possible obstacle is to be prevented from engaging in an authentic path to enlightenment. — Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche