

“Whatever has the nature to arise has the nature to cease.”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

“Better than one hundred years lived without seeing the arising and passing of things / Is one day lived seeing their arising and passing.”2 What does this say about what we value and work for in our lives, and about the liberating effect of seeing directly, in the moment, the truth of change?”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening

“The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word.… Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? —T. S. ELIOT”
― Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
― Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

“All phenomena are expressions of the mind.”
― The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
― The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

“An interviewer once asked Mother Teresa what she says to God when she prays. “I don’t say anything,” she replied. “I just listen.” Then the interviewer asked her what God says to her. “He doesn’t say anything,” said Mother Teresa. “He just listens. And if you don’t understand that, I can’t explain it to you.”
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
― Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
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