Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/30/2006

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

~Leon J. Suenes

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/29/2006

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

~Edward Bulwer Lytton

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/28/2006

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

~Publilius Syrus

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/27/2006

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

~George Santayana

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/26/2006

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

~Bertrand Russell

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2006

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

~Albert Camus

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/24/2006

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

~J. Petit Senn

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/23/2006

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

~Henry W. Longfellow

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/22/2006

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

~William Ellery Channing

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/21/2006

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

~Robert F. Kennedy

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/20/2006

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.

~John Stuart Mills

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/19/2006

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

~Benjamin Franklin

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/18/2006

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

~Aldous Huxley

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/17/2006

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

~Aristotle

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/16/2006

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~Helen Keller

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/15/2006

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/14/2006

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/13/2006

A word to the wise is infuriating.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/12/2006

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

~Charles Bukowski

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/11/2006

If the things you desire do not come it is due to karma created long ago, therefore keep a happy and relaxed mind.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/10/2006

It is completely meaningless to put effort into activities that have no essence.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/9/2006

If you engage in many meaningless activities your virtuous activities will degenerate, therefore stop activities that are not spiritual.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/8/2006

If you talk too much with little meaning you will make mistakes, therefore speak in moderation, only when necessary.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/7/2006

Always keep a smiling face and a loving mind, and speak truthfully without malice.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/6/2006

See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you were their child.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/5/2006

Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/4/2006

Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/3/2006

Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/2/2006

Have no hatred for enemies, and no attachment for friends.

What you think upon grows...

Pete Johnson Layin' It Down for 9/1/2006

TAOIST INSPIRATION
The Sage has no interests of his own,
But takes the interests of the people as his own.

He is kind to the kind,
He is also kind to the unkind:
For Virtue is kind.

He is faithful to the faithful
He is also faithful to the unfaithful:
For Virtue is faithful.

In the midst of the world, the Sage is shy & self-effacing.
For the sake of the world he keeps his heart in its nebulous state.
All the people strain their ears & eyes:
The Sage only smiles like an amused infant.
~~Tao Teh Ch'ing CH.49

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/1/2006

Generate compassion for lowly beings, and especially avoid despising or humiliating them.

What you think upon grows...