Daily Zen Quote - January 31, 2016

“What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, no matter how well selected, or the best society, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen?”
~ Henry David Thoreau from Walden

Daily Zen Quote - January 30, 2016

“We should live every day like people who have just been rescued from the moon.”
~ Thích Nhất Hạnh from No Death, No Fear

Daily Zen Quote - January 29, 2016

“When you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do.”
~ Shunryu Suzuki from Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Daily Zen Quote - January 28, 2016

“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way”
~ Alan W. Watts from The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Daily Zen Quote - January 27, 2016

“The true tragedy in most people’s lives is that they are far better than they imagine themselves to be and, as a result, end up being much less than they might be.”
~ Earl R. Smith II from Zen Mentoring: Forty Meditations

Daily Zen Quote - January 26, 2016

“The things I carry are my thoughts. That's it. They are the only weight. My thoughts determine whether I am free and light or burdened.”
~ Kamal Ravikant from Live Your Truth

Daily Zen Quote - January 25, 2016

“A strong personal philosophy does more than sustain us through the tragedies of life. It also stains us daily in everything we think and do. It gives us optimism and hope.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 24, 2016

“Zen movement is a meditative practice.”
~ Bryant McGill from Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Daily Zen Quote - January 23, 2016

“In a Zen retreat we have a format for working with these quicksilver changes: we sit with them, we pay attention to them... Being steady with mindfulness as an anchor for all the changes we go through is the way we practice forbearance. And you can employ this same method anywhere anytime: just pay close attention to the details of what is going on internally and externally. Don't flinch, don't run away. Trust what happens. Take your stand there." (71)”
~ Norman Fischer from Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer's Odyssey to Navigate Life's Perils and Pitfalls

Daily Zen Quote - January 22, 2016

“The answers are never "out there." All the answers are "in there," inside you, waiting to be discovered.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 21, 2016

Mindfulness is attainable when one can embrace life, not its circumstances.”
~ Michelle Cruz-Rosado

Daily Zen Quote - January 20, 2016

“Life is full of highs and lows. We need them both to grow to our fullest potential. Just hang on tight & enjoy the ride.”
~ Dawn Gluskin

Daily Zen Quote - January 19, 2016

“Again, all of life presents us with two basic ways to treat events. We can either label them "good for us" or "bad for us." The event is only an event. It's how we treat the event that determines what it becomes in our lives. The event doesn't make that determination- we do.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 18, 2016

“Your actions create an "energy vortex" that draws in the necessary ingredients for your venture.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 17, 2016

“Every belief that you hold manifests itself in some manner by either causing you to take some form of action or by preventing you from taking action. If you don't believe something is possible, you won't even attempt it.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 16, 2016

Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 15, 2016

“Life is very simple. Just sometimes put your head away, sometimes behead yourself, sometimes look with no clouds in the eyes - just look. Sometimes sit by the side of a tree - just feel. By the side of a waterfall - listen. Lie down on the beach and listen to the roar of the ocean, feel the sand, the coolness of it, or look at the stars, and let that silence penetrate you. Or look at the dark night and let that velvety darkness surround you, envelop you, dissolve you. This is the way of the simple heart.”
~ Osho from The Buddha Said...: Meeting the Challenge of Life's Difficulties

Daily Zen Quote - January 14, 2016

“You are not your thoughts!! This simple yet powerful statement can greatly change the quality of your life.”
~ Dawn Gluskin

Daily Zen Quote - January 13, 2016

“The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 12, 2016

“If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 11, 2016

“What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 10, 2016

“If the feet of enlightenment moved, the great ocean would overflow; If that head bowed, it would look down upon the heavens.
Such a body has no place to rest. . . .
Let another continue this poem.”
~ Paul Reps from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings

Daily Zen Quote - January 9, 2016

The best way to pay for a lovely moment
is to enjoy it.
~ Richard Bach

Daily Zen Quote - January 8, 2016

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~ Saint Augustine

Daily Zen Quote - January 7, 2016

When you make peach with yourself,
you make peace with the world.
~ Maha Ghosananda

Daily Zen Quote - January 6, 2016

It does not matter how slowly you go
as long as you do not stop.
~ Confucius

Daily Zen Quote - January 5, 2016

Faith is the bird that feels the light
and sings when the dawn is still dark.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Daily Zen Quote - January 4, 2016

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity
and to be vibrantly alive in repost.
~ Indira Gandhi

Daily Zen Quote - January 3, 2016

Variety is the soul of pleasure
~ Aphra Behn

Daily Zen Quote - January 2, 2016

“Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness

Daily Zen Quote - January 1, 2016

“The answers are never "out there." All the answers are "in there," inside you, waiting to be discovered.”
~ Chris Prentiss from Zen and the Art of Happiness