From Gautama Buddha: “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
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Quote of the day 10/06/25
From Śāntideva: “But if, through seeking happiness, my deeds are wrong, no matter where I turn my steps, the knives of misery will cut me down, the wage and retribution of a sinful life.”
Quote of the day 09/29/25
From Śāntideva: “All the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing our self to be happy. All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.”
Quote of the day 09/27/25
From Marcus Aurelius: “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
Quote of the day 09/19/25
From Xenophon: “For I believe that the best life is lived by those who take the best care to make themselves as good as possible, and the pleasantest life by those who are most conscious that they are becoming better.”
Quote of the day 08/27/25
From Haruki Murakami: “It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
Quote of the day 08/19/25
From E.E. Cummings: “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
Quote of the day 08/18/25
From E.E. Cummings: “Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.”
Quote of the day 07/09/25
From Jitsu-go-kiyo: “If thou be born in the poor man’s hovel, yet have wisdom, then wilt thou be like the lotus-flower growing out of the mire.”
Quote of the day 06/26/25
From Udanavarga: “He whose mind is subdued and perfectly controlled is happy.”
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