Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Life experiences are like sentences - we are always looking for the full stop, the conclusion. It's OK to end a train of thought, but not thought itself. Thoughts are the beginning of our creation and are here to be creative. Thoughts are like the magic carpet on which the soul rides across eternity - in reality, there are no endings, no conclusions. Rest for the spirit (which is what we are) is when we allow only the current of the purest thoughts to flow through our mind - thoughts which carry good wishes and blessings for ourselves and others. This is not so much going with the flow, as being in the flow, and being refreshed by the flow. It is how we refresh ourselves. For when we have powerful, positive thoughts for and about others, who experiences them first?
I am a part of all that I have met.
Anger causes alot of damage. When someone gets angry, that anger also creates anger in others. It takes two hands to clap. Therefore, if someone gets angry shower him with flowers.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
A person who makes no mistake does not usually make anything.
There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
Even if I don't mean to be critical, I often unconsciously home in on others' weaknesses and mistakes, The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness and only holding onto the good in others and situations, the more my own sense of well-being will rise. When I continually think: "He/she is wrong", I create a barrier that prevents me from reaching my own goodness.
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom
Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.
