"We think that if we just meditate enough or jog enough or eat the perfect food, everything will be perfect. But from the point of view of someone who is awake, that's death. Seeking security or perfection, rejoicing in feeling confirmed and whole, self-contained and comfortable, is some kind of death. It doesn't have any fresh air. There's no room for something to come in and interrupt all that. We are killing the moment by controlling our experience."

Pema Chodron in her book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"...[W]e all want the same things (to be happy and be loved)..."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

"Instead of dreaming about who you want to be, enjoy who you are."

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"The free-thinking of one age is the common sense of the next."

Matthew Arnold, from a Good Earth Tea tea bag. 
For my friend Janelle who is blazing a trail.

"I believe that the voices of fear, both from without and from within, can only be dispelled by trusting the voice that comes from the heart. If it speaks of love and compassion for others, for the world itself, it just might be the voice of God -- or a reasonable facsimile."

Chuck Lorre, writer, from Vanity Card #212, The Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season

"God dwells within you, as you."

Swamiji from Elizabeth Gilbert's book Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

"Don't give others what they don't want."

Japanese Proverb

"So it turns out that the 'blemish' is actually essential to the beauty. The 'deviation' is at the core of the strength. The 'wrong turn' was crucial to getting you back on the path with heart."

Rob Brezsny from Free Will Astrology

"I'm not okay. You're not okay. But that's okay."

Colin Tipping from his audio book The Power of Radical Forgiveness

"When you run on the earth and run with the earth, you can run forever."

Tarahumara Indian saying from Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

If you want different results, do things differently.

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When in an emotional experience, learn to RESPOND not REACT.

Alan Downs, PhD from his book The Half-Empty Heart: A Supportive Guide to Breaking Free from Chronic Discontent

There is a way which is supremely effective. Just look at yourself as you are, see yourself as you are, accept yourself as you are, and go ever deeper into what you are.

Nisargadatta Maharaj