Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self that is permanent.
If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.
Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.
I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.
It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.
Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.
Conscience is the pulse of reason
There’s no doubt in my mind that McMurphy’s won, but I’m not sure what.
It was my delusion and naivety that brought me here.
There is no such thing as inanimate matter. . . there is God or divinity in all matter and it is all living energy.