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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Life is a Book of Riddles, with the Real Lessons Writ Small in its Margins.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
- Carl Jung

Today, I Dance Lightly With Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Nothing happens unless first a dream.
- Carl Sandburg

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Today is your day to dance lightly with life. It really is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair." Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be. Demanding that life meet our expectations is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence. Life is a game with no rules. Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions. Our only path to happiness lies in being open to receiving whatever life throws at us - with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

…when the task is accomplished, the people will say "We have done it ourselves."
- Lao Tzu

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Be a passionate Observer of Life. See the events, feel the emotions, and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

At the end of a matter ask, "what will I learn from this to make me better?"
- Mary Anne Radmacher

In the beginning was the Word.
- John 1:1

Joy increases and suffering decreases as one masters the distinction between events and one’s feelings about those events.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Consider calling it a challenge rather than calling it a crisis.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life’s only true lessons are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
- The Buddha

Having a personal opinion is great. Believing that one’s personal opinion is absolute truth leads to most of the world’s troubles.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be... because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!
- Mary Anne Radmacher

You don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Discover the tools to build your own vision.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Honor your being,
Release each and every struggle,
Gather strength from life’s storms,
Relax into the arms of spirit.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

I forgive everyone for every “wrong” that I believe they have ever inflicted upon me. I forgive them for my own sake, that I may release the venom – the anger and resentment within myself - and regain my joy and serenity. I have compassion for everyone who has ever been a player upon the stage of my life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

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.
– The Buddha

Where there is no accusation of “fault," there can be no anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What we think, we become. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha

Lord, grant comfort, joy and health to those I call friend, to those I call enemy, and to those I have cursed by my indifference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha

Our Joy comes from living our own lives simply and gratefully - never from making any demands whatsoever upon others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Say NO to the demands of the world.
Say YES to the longings of your own heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
– The Buddha

Choose the World You See, and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- The Buddha

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When you can taste, smell, and touch your dream, you can enroll the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha

I teach one thing and one only:
that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
- The Buddha

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.
- Pema Chodron

Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe

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