Friendship Quotes, Page 3Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Fun has a sacred dimension It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is. The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. Life is playfulness... we need to play so that we can rediscover the magical around us. Today I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good. More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams When you delight in the game, the effort seems unimportant. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Be intent upon the perfection of the present day. A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something outside ourselves. Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. Only when one is connected to one's inner core is one connected to others. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through solitude. People deal too much with the negative, what is wrong.... Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being. Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a matter of traveling. The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet. Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people |