Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Quotes

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk about.

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.

Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave.

A calm mind is not disturbed by the waves of thoughts.

The body needs material food every day. The soul needs spiritual food.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.