Quotes
"With wisdom comes a serene withdrawl from the cares of the world. We may still act within it, but we no longer have expectations of it; so it no longer disturbs us." Vessantara, Meeting the Buddhas (thanks to Peter Foster)
"Just as the waters of the great oceans all have one taste, the taste of salt, so too, all true teachings have but one taste, the taste of liberation." The Buddha
"Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself - and there isn't one." Ask the Awakened by Wei Wu We
"Clean, unselfish love does not live on what it gets but on what it gives. It increases by pouring itself out for others, grows by self-sacrifice and becomes mighty by throwing itself away." Thomas Merton
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Martin Luther King Jr.
"Our spiritual life becomes unshakable only when we are connected with our own realisation of truth." Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart
"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner." Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy
"Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma
See no Dharma in everyday actions;
They have not yet discovered
That there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma"
13th Century Zen Master Dogen
"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
"The Three Jewels will do their bit if you do yours. They are always there; that is why they are called refuges. When you go for refuge to them they will never fail." Sangharakshita, The Yogi's Joy