Barbara Ann Kipfer > Quotes

“A true smile is when the mouth and the heart coordinate with each other.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer

“Feel that life likes you just the way you are; otherwise, it would have made you differently.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, Self-Meditation: 3,299 Tips, Quotes, Reminders, and Wake-Up Calls for Peace and Serenity

“The best way to make something last is to believe that it won't.”
― barbara kipfer

“A still tongue keeps a wise head.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 863 Buddhist Ways to Conquer Life's Little Challenges

“rainbows apologizing for angry skies”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“sleeping sprawled out on the bed”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“singing to the radio when you drive”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“We can protect life, practice generosity, behave responsibly, and consume mindfully.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy

“Something ordinary in the past becomes valuable in the future”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 8,789 Words of Wisdom: Proverbs, Precepts, Maxims, Adages, and Axioms to Live By

“Try adding contemplation to your actions. When you are sweeping, you can be removing anger or fear. When you are mowing, you can be cutting down desire and greed.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, How Would Buddha Act?: 801 Right-Action Teachings for Living with Awareness and Intention

“Transgressions are to be understood and corrected, not dwelt upon or agonized over.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 863 Buddhist Ways to Conquer Life's Little Challenges

“Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment

“hot breakfast on a cold winter morning”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“One with compassion is kind even when angry; one without compassion will kill even as he smiles. SHABKAR, TIBETAN POET”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy

“Everything we do tells something about us.”
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“The quality of our lives depends, to a large degree, on the results of our decisions”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 8,789 Words of Wisdom: Proverbs, Precepts, Maxims, Adages, and Axioms to Live By

“Happy cooks make happy food.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy

“not just seizing the day but making the day”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“French blue”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

“We use them at times when we could be making direct contact with others, with our environment, with an activity, or with the present moment. Although a lot of good comes from these devices, they also have negative effects on our attention, equilibrium, and social skills. Unplugging to reconnect, focus, and calm our minds is a never-ending opportunity.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 5,203 Things to Do Instead of Looking at Your Phone

“Tranquility is achieved when you are in harmony with all beings and all situations, knowing that everything is precisely the way it is meant to be.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy

“One of my best friends is my iPad mini, but while writing this book, I started hiking, increased my biking, set up a home gym, and tried indoor climbing.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 5,203 Things to Do Instead of Looking at Your Phone

“Do not humiliate or ridicule a person in order to persuade him to change”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 8,789 Words of Wisdom: Proverbs, Precepts, Maxims, Adages, and Axioms to Live By

“Every waking second is a chance to look past who you think you are right through to who you truly are.”
― Barbara Ann Kipfer, 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy