Buddhist Boot Camp

Your beliefs don’t make you a better person; your behavior does. —Anonymous

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can. —John Wesley

Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its entire life believing it is stupid. —Albert Einstein

All the happiness in the world stems from wanting others to be happy, and all the suffering in the world stems from wanting the self to be happy. —Shantideva

Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never truly lived. —The Dalai Lama, w

Habitually contemplate whether your thoughts stem from love or from fear. If your thoughts originate in love, then follow them. But if they originate from a place of fear, then dig deep to find the root of your fear. Only then will you be able to finally let go of it so that fear no longer limits your possibilities.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt

Humility doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself; it means thinking of yourself less. —C. S. Lewis

It is better to have a mind opened by wonder than a mind closed by belief. —Gerry Spence