Keep It Simple
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'Connor“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.”
Present Moment
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'Connor“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”
New Perspective
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'Connor“I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before. Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.”
Letting Go
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'Connor“We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. It is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.”
Sharon Salzberg (b.1952)
Teacher of Buddhist meditation
Strength
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'ConnorRest
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'ConnorSound and Silence
/in Quote of the Day /by Carol O'Connor“There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one’s mind and one’s subtle body rest upon that, and not rest upon anything else. God is sound and silence.”
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