"He who grasps loses."

From the Tao Te Ching

"While waiting we should be modest, unassuming, independent and cheerfully detached from any outcomes...

Acting impulsively with effort only demonstrates a lack of faith and fear that non-action will bring happiness."

From "The I Ching or Book of Changes"

"Your desire to please others might cost you too much...Don't forget to put your own name on the list of those you want to help. "

Unknown, from an old horoscope column in the Seattle P-I

"Sometimes the most profound love is that which can simply let things be as they are. "

Anodea Judith from "Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System"

"I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts."

From "A Course in Miracles," by Foundation for Inner Peace, Lesson 281

"Why? Why? Why? Why? Why not?"

My six-word memoir inspired by, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure,"by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith

"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."

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