“Our life is frittered away by detail … simplify, simplify.” - Henry David Thoreau
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
- Lao-tzu
‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.’ – George Bernard Shaw
‘Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.’ – Mark Twain
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. - Harry S. Truman
“You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living
until the escape becomes the habit.”- David Ryan
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein
“We are always getting ready to live but never living.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.” - Shunryu Suzuki
“Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.” - Wu Li
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” - Rita Rudner
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - Dalai Lama
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
- William Shakespeare