Quotes

When you can look at yourself the same way you do a sunset, or a puppy, you are seeing clearly. —Seth

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a covenant between equals. —Gregory Boyle (1954-)

Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views. —Siddhartha Gotama (c. 566-480 B.C.E.)

Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —The Fourteenth Dalai Lama (1935- )

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. —Chinese proverb

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. —Earl Warren (1891–1974)

Observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. —Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986)

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. —Plato (427-347 B.C.E.)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. —Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. —Yiddish proverb

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. —Etty Hillesum (1914–1943)

We can’t plan life. All we can do is be available for it. —Lauryn Hill (1975-)

The spiritual path is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it. —Marianne Williamson (1952-)

The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. —David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. —English proverb

This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness. —Mary Oliver (1935-)

From the ego’s point of view, spiritual progress is “one insult after another.” —Lama Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987)

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. —Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions. —Seng-Ts’an (?-606)

Stillness is the language God speaks. Everything else is a bad translation. —Anonymous

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. —Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327)