The mind is like a crazy monkey, which leaps about and never stays in one place. It is completely restless and constantly paranoid about its surroundings. The training, or the meditation practice, is a way to catch this monkey, to begin with. That is the starting point.
- Chogyam Trungpa, The Teacup & the Skullcup: Chogyam Trungpa on Zen and Tantra
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
- Maya Angelou
Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.
- Subhasita Sutta: Well-Spoken
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
- Franz Schubert
There are only 2 sports I respect and will still watch sometimes…. One is UFC and any MMA. The other is soccer partially because of Ultras and hooligans fights associated with the clubs.
Fuck work, getting closer and closer to becoming a business owner. Maybe another year or 2. Once I have few more ducks in a row. I can’t wait to walk off one of my Union jobs smoking a blunt! 🤣
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
- Margaret Thatcher
One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter.
- Dandavagga: Violence
One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter.
- Dandavagga: Violence
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Thomas Jefferson
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
- Albert Einstein
All the things taking place around our world, all the irritations and all the problems, are crucial. Without others we cannot attain enlightenment — in fact, we cannot even tread on the path. If there is no noise outside during our sitting meditation, we cannot develop mindfulness. If we do not have aches and pains in the body, we cannot attain mindfulness; we cannot actually meditate. If everything were lovey-dovey and jellyfishlike, there would be nothing to work with.
- Chögyam Trungpa, Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
- Dr. Seuss
The earth's sprinkled
with rain, wind
is blowing, lightning
wanders the sky,
but my thoughts are stilled,
well-centered
my mind.
- Vimala (Thag 1.50)
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas A. Edison
In a super weird mood, feeling fed up and criminally minded 🤷♂️🍄🔫💪
Just as rain does not break through a well-thatched house, so passion never penetrates a well-developed mind.
- Akkosa Sutta: Insult
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
- Hosea Ballou
