Quote-of-the-day

[Geoff-Allen]

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again. ”

~ Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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Pema Chödrön Quotes (Author of When Things Fall Apart)

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I need it most.

~ Swedish proverb

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

~ Buddha

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1 Sayings of Siddhartha

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The Buddha insisted that he would present or discuss only ideas that would help people attain happiness and awakening; anything else was simply not worth our breath or our thought."

~ from "The Lost Art of Compassion" by Lorne Ladner

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If you're sincerely interested in being a more loving, good-hearted person then it can be particularly helpful at the beginning to recognise that it's mainly through your practice with difficult people that you will become confident that your inner development is bearing fruit."

~ Lorne again!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"When you view yourself and others as sacred, then you naturally see beyond any temporary limitations and negativities to each person's underlying vast potential."

~ Guess who!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Found a review -

“The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology,” by Lorne Ladner | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Have a good one!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"People with opinions just go around bothering each other."

“People with opinions just go around bothering each other.” | Fake Buddha Quotes

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Don’t Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness.”

~ Eckhart Tolle

27 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Eckhart Tolle - Zen Gardner

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

~ Lao Tzu

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Yes. How many people when asked about their ambitions respond by saying that their ambition is 2 become a kinder & more compassionate human being?"

~ Anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"I think I am therefore I am I think."

~ Anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove."

~ Ashleigh Brilliant

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Quotes

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Only one who is innocent enough to enjoy the small things of life can understand that God exists."

~ Source unknown

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"From the very beginning you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease; it is like a cancer that goes on destroying your very soul because each individual is unique, and comparison is not possible. I am just myself and you are just yourself. There is nobody else in the world you can be compared with."

~ Osho

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Life never comes to a closure; life is process, even mystery. Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure."

~ Rachel Naomi Remen

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life."

~ Dalai Lama

Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai lama

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."

~ Pliny the Elder

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Human DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created."

~ Bill Gates

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"They called me crazy, I called them crazy, and damn them! They outvoted me!"

~ Nathaniel Lee