“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”

​— Thích Nhất Hạnh
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“Meditation is gently watching the poetry of life breathing without waking it.”

— Quiet Lotus
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“When we are alone on a starlit night; when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children; when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet Bashō we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the “newness,” the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.”

— Thomas Merton
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“I find ecstasy in living—the mere sense of living is joy enough.”

— Emily Dickinson
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“Every judgement I make hides the light of a star in my sky.
Acceptance dawns and the sun rises.”

— Quiet Lotus
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