This above all

"This above all:
to thine own self be true."

-William Shakespeare

One thing we can do

"One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety."

-- Deepak Chopra

There are no guarantees

"There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary."

-- Emmanuel

Until we take

"Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective."

-- Stephen Covey

Persons and societies

"Persons and societies do not submit passively to surroundings and events. They make choices as to the places where they live and the activities in which they engage -- choices based on what they want to be, to do and to become. Furthermore, persons and societies often change their goals and ways; they can even retrace their steps and start in a new direction if they believe they are on a wrong course. Thus, whereas animal life is prisoner of biological evolution which is essentially irreversible, human life has the wonderful freedom of social evolution which is rapidly reversible and creative. Wherever human beings are concerned, trend is not destiny."

-- Rene Dubos

I like thinking of possibilities

"I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I've learned, is to be awake to the moment."

-- Doug Hall

My initial response

"My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character."

-Charles Barkley, American basketball player

He who is not

"He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith."

-Abu Bakr, Saudi Arabian statesman

Feedback

"Feedback is the breakfast of champions."

-Ken Blanchard, American author

If it's free

"If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle."

-Jack Adams, Canadian hockey player

We are sick with the desire

We are sick with the desire for the sun
And grass on the mountain.

~Paiute Song

A house

A house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul.

~Phillip Moffitt

To keep the body

To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

~Buddha

Man is

Man is the sole animal whose nudity offends his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.

~Montaigne

Criticism

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

~Winston Churchill

Some patients

Some patients I see are actually draining into their bodies the diseased thoughts of their minds.

~Zacharty Bercovitz

the only time

"... the only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel anything, or express any feeling or emotion, or respond to an event, or grow, or heal, is this moment, because this is the only moment any of us ever gets. You’re only here now; you’re only alive in this moment."

-- Jon Kabat-Zinn

Very few of us

"Very few of us know how much we can put into life if we use it properly, wisely, and economically. Let us economize our time -- lifetimes ebb away before we wake up, and that is why we do not realize the value of the immortal time God has given us."

-- Paramahansa Yogananda

Forget

Forget any sounds or touch you knew
that did not help you dance.

~Rumi

When all is said and done

When all is said and done, a lot more is said than done.

~Lou Holtz

If you are pained

“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.”

-- Marcus Aurelius