“We must look and discover what has kept our hearts closed,
and what it means to allow our hearts to open.”
~ Jack Kornfield

“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
~ John Green

“Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill,
and like any skill they need to be developed.
~ Matthieu Ricard

We’re seeing a higher level of consciousness
and many more opportunities
for people to challenge their present ways of thinking,
then move into a grander and larger experience of who they really are.
~ Neale Donald Walsch

Your soul knows the geography of your destiny,
Your soul alone has the map of your future.
~ John O’Donohue

These two types of people are difficult to find in the world…
One who will do a favor first,
and one who is grateful for a favor done.
~ Anguttara Nikaya I.86

If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary,
you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
~ Master Linchi (Rinzai)