From Gautama Buddha: “All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
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Quote of the day 11/22/25
From Marcus Aurelius: “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.Or how ripe figs begin to burst.AndContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/22/25”
Quote of the day 10/30/25
From Gautama Buddha: “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
Quote of the day 10/29/25
From Gautama Buddha: “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
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.”