Grace Ho

“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus flower without the mud.” —THICH NHAT HANH”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

“How much real comfort every one might enjoy if he would be contented with the lot in which heaven has cast him, and how much trouble would be avoided if people would only "let well alone." A moderate independence, quietly and honestly procured, is certainly every way preferable even to immense possessions achieved by the wear and tear of mind and body so necessary to procure them. Yet there are very few individuals, let them be doing ever so well in the world, who are not always straining every nerve to do better; and this is one of the many causes why failures in business so frequently occur among us.”
― Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Best American Humorous Short Stories

“but if we thought through all the potential hang-ups and holdups, if we pondered all the mistakes that we could possibly make, maybe it would prevent us from moving forward in our journey. And perhaps that would be the worst mistake of all.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage