Seek refuge
“And those who have no mental vigilance, Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate, With minds like water seeping from a…
Bill Murray’s speech (GG’04)
“I’d like to thank Universal and Focus Features but there are so many people trying to take credit for this, I don’t know where…
Then feed just one.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. ~ Mother Teresa
A alma, por ela mesma
Vale mais o que a alma descobre por si mesma, do que uma longa explicação didática. ~ Inácio de Loyola (via Kogetsu)
The timeless in you
The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream. ~ Kahlil…
A dream and a mouse
“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” ~…
Train the mind, by Dhammapada
Wonderful it is to train the mind so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants. Good is it to have a well-trained mind, for a…
Past and future, 2004
The past should not be followed after and the future not desired; what is past is dead and gone and the future is yet…
Vôo e vertigem
“Almejas voar e não te sentes livre da vertigem?” ~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe [*]
What Your Soul Sings
“Your mind can never change Unless you ask it to Lovingly rearrange The thoughts that make you blue The things that bring you down…
“Hidden in the hearts of all”
The Lord, who is the supreme magician, Brings forth out of himself all the scriptures, Oblations, sacrifices, spiritual disciplines, The past and present, the…
Thank you God, por e.e.cummings
I thank You God for this most amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and…
The body is a field, Arjuna
The body is called a field, Arjuna; he who knows it is called the Knower of the field. This is the knowledge of those…
Your daily life is your temple
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. ~ Kahlil Gibran
The Power of a Dream: 100 millionaires
“I once read an article about a twenty-year study conducted on 1500 people. Eighty-three percent of the people chose their career based on how…
Buda e os diabinhos, por Monja Coen
“Dizem que certa feita um Buda foi parar no inferno e que os diabos fizeram de tudo para atentá-lo. Queriam vê-lo infeliz e sofrendo….
Passing violets looking for roses
“We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.” ~ Bern Williams
Spontaneous Acquiescence
“The right attitude for studying the way is just complete spontaneous acquiescence. Who cares wither it takes twenty or thirty years —you’ll be naturally…
Understand yourself
“If you wish to understand yourself, you must succeed in doing so in the midst of all kinds of confusions and upsets. Don’t make…
Happy indeed we live
Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred. ~ Dhammapada 198