Wisdom building

There is only this—nothing added, nothing missing, nothing left out. What a miracle.

Stephan Bodian

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Carl Sagan

You came from silence, and you have to return to silence.

H. W. L. Poonja

Peace, in its most fundamental form, is the connection of one human spirit to another.

Desmond Tutu

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.

Marcus Aurelius

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Robert M. Pirsig

…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.

Mark Nepo

There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to peace, peace is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.

Thich Nhat Hanh

All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Blaise Pascal

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn't one.

Wei Wu Wei