Not knowing how near the truth is, people seek it far away.

Hakuin Ekaku

Things take the time they take. Don't worry.

Mary Oliver

Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far

Jodi Picoult

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

-Jack Kornfeld

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” -Jack Kornfield

“A good marriage is one in which each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal, and this is true also of our friendships.” — Anne Lamott

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow." Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

"The hardest thing to teach a student—and the hardest thing to believe consistently—is that there is nothing ‘out there’ to go and get. There is no part, no career, no opportunity for which you should be searching and scrounging and coveting. All of the preparation is within, and you keep yourself mentally and physically fit; you remain generous wi