Quote of the day

[Geoff-Allen]

"Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people."

~ Karen Salmansohn

 

[Geoff-Allen]

A Manifesto for a simple life -

http://tinybuddha.com/fun-and-inspiring/manifesto-simple-life/

Enjoy your day!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of these things and still be calm in your heart."

~ Anon

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Love people enough to tell them the truth and respect them enough to trust that they can handle it."

~ Iyanla Vanzant

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher."

~ Eckhart Tolle

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the light of the world.”

~ Harry Palmer

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you inner state at any given moment. That means now."

~ Eckhart Tolle

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don’t realise this because almost everybody else is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from being."

~ Eckhart Tolle

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If I am OK with me, I have no need to make you wrong."

~ source unknown

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"You Can Rise No Higher Than Your Lowest Opinion of Another."

~ Chuck Gallozzi

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with."

~ Robert Brault

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Learn to see God in all persons, of whatever race or creed. You will know what divine love is when you begin to see your oneness with every human being, not before."

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and and still likes you."

~ Elbert Hubbard

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy."

~ Pema Chodron

 

[Milton Platt]

The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven

~ John Milton

Please feel perfectly free 2 add your own!

If a hen and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how long will it take a peg legged grasshopper to kick a hole in a brick wall?

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."

~ Galbraith's Law

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite."

~ Sam Levenson

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already."

~ Pema Chodron

Comes from this site -

http://palousemindfulness.com/quotes.html

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"My opinions may have changed but not the fact that I am right."

~ Ashleigh Briliant

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"God bless our contradictions, those parts of us which seem out of character. Let us be boldly and gladly out of character. Let us be creatures of paradox and variety: creatures of contrast; of light and shade: creatures of faith. God be our constant. Let us step out of character into the unknown, to struggle and love and do what we will."

~ Michael Leunig