#inspiration

"The soul is healed by being with children."

"A book is a device to ignite the imagination."

"Saw a little girl touch a big bug and shout, "I conquered my fear! YES!"and calmly walk away. I was inspired."

"That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value."

"Inspiration is sometimes as simple as a shared smile."

"We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity."

"don't be afraid of being different, be afraid of being the same as everyone else"

"Does our purpose on Earth directly link to the people whom we end up meeting? Are our relationships and experiences actually the required dots that connect and then lead us to our ultimate destinies?"

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"‎"What does it mean if i'm afraid? Does it mean something bad is going to happen?""No, it doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. It just means that you have the chance to be brave."

"Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?"

"An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils"."

"‎"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance."

"Let us cry for the spilt milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the spilt milk, and remember how, and where, and why, we spilt it. Much wisdom is learnt through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons."

"Boredom is the fear of self."

"Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence."

"I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden."

"Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life."

"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write."

"Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day."