"After one has accepted the worst, one is also without fear...peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst." ~ Lin Yutang

Excerpt from The Importance of Living

HAPPINESS

Our responses - our thoughts, words, and actions in every moment - create our experience and potentially our healing

"As we respond to life in loving ways, our previous resistance becomes acceptance, our acceptance turns into receptivity, our receptivity grows into embrace, and our embrace is transformed into gratitude for the experiences that open our hearts and expand us as souls." ~ Robert Schwartz

"Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself." ~ Eckhart Tolle

Enemy of Compassion

The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion. 
~ Dalai Lama

The Human Game

Alan Watts -- The Human Game

Heart

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” 

~ Pema Chodron