Why should I seek?

Why should I seek?
I am the same as He.
His essence speaks through me.
I have been looking for myself!

~Rumi.

And as you sit

“And as you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged on the shingly beach of a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.”

– Stephen Graham

The whole day

The whole day have I followed in the rocks, and you have changed and flowed from shape to shape.

~WB Yeats

Spread Joy

Spread joy.
Chase your wildest dreams.

~Patch Adams

Wherever I go

Wherever I go,
I meet myself.

~Tozan

One's destination

One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.

~Henry Miller

Walk

Walk this world with hearts on fire.

~Celtic saying

Who

Who in the world am I?
Ah, that's the great puzzle.

~Lewis Carroll

When it comes right down to it

When it comes right down to it, all you have is your Self. Your Self is a sun with a thousand rays.

~Pablo Picasso

I thank you God

I thank you God for most this amazing day:
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes

~e.e. cummings

Love

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

~Maya Angelou

Your soul

Your soul is a seeker, lover, and artist, shapeshifted thru archetypal fields of energy between your darkness and light, your body and spirit, your heaven and hell, until you land in the sweet moment of surrender when you, as dancer, disappear in the dance.

~Gabrielle Roth

The Earth

The Earth is my Mother - and on her bosom I will recline.

~Tecumseh

When

When your heart speaks,
take good notes.

~Judith Campbell

I live in my own place

I live in my own place, have never copied nobody even half, and at any master who lacks the grace to laugh at himself - I laugh.

~Inscribed over the door to Nietzsche's house

Elmo said

Elmo said, “Leeta, when you judge somebody, it’s like throwing a boomerang—goes in a circle and comes back to the one throws it. Love is like that too. Always comes back.”

~Excerpt from "The Sabbatical."

We're all here

We're all here on earth to help others. What on earth the others are here for, I don't know.

~W H Auden

Thoughts

"Thoughts become things.
Choose the good ones."

~ Mike Dooley

Thoughts lead on

"Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny"

~ Tryon Edwards

Do not think

"Do not think that what your thoughts dwell on does not matter. Your thoughts are making you."

~ Bishop Steere

All that we are

"All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."

~ Buddha

I only went out

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

~John Muir

I've missed more than 9,000 shots

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

— Michael Jordan

Success:

Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I dread success

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

~George Bernard Shaw

That man is successful

That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Something in human nature

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

~Ross Perot

Ideals are like stars

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.

~Carl Schurz

My greatest point

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

— Bjorn Borg

Virtually nothing

Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something.... One fails forward toward success.

— Charles F. Kettering

I realized early

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

— Harrison Ford

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence. There are a lot of people out there with good and marketable ideas, but pure entrepreneurial types almost never accept defeat.

— Lisa M. Amos

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
find out if the loser gets anything."

~Bill Lyon

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
do it like your mother told you."

~Author Unknown

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
try, try again. Then quit.
There's no point in being a damn fool about it."

~W. C. Fields

If at first

"If at first you don't succeed,
destroy all evidence that you tried."

~unknown