The soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal. -Lao Tzu

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1 The soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal. -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

2 New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

3 The heart that gives, gathers. -Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

4 My true self is free. It cannot be contained. -Marcus Aurelius Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

5 Can you polish the mirror of your deepest reflections until you are without flaws? -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

6 Feelings are just visitors. Let them come and go. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

7 Just be. Act without effort. Accept what is. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

8 Staying constantly sharpened can wear out the blade. -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

9 The journey is the reward. -Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

10 Genius is the ability to receive from the Universe. -I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

11 Trouble is caused by a strong sense of self. Without a sense of self, what can trouble you? Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

12 You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it come true. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

13 A good teacher is like a candle, consuming itself to light the way for others. -Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

14 Chaos is another name for opportunity. -I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

15 Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in a field that has none. -I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

16 The superior person cultivates virtue by bringing about revolution within himself. -I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

17 Clay is shaped into a bowl, but it is the empty space that makes it useful. -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

18 When necessity and opportunity are combined, it is a rarified time where your power to make positive change is at its most dynamic. - I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

19 When your inner world comes into order, your outer world will come into order. - I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

20 The best fighter is never angry. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

21 Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. -Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

22 When you show up authentic, you create the space for others to do the same. Walk in your truth. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

23 Work on yourself first. Take responsibility for your own progress. - I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

24 To see things in the seed, that is genius. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

25 To slow time down, practice enjoying the present moment. It is where we spend our entire lives. - I Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

26 At the center of your being you have the answer. You know who you are and you know what you want. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

27 When you let go of what you are, you become what you may be. When you let go of what you have, you receive what you need. -Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

28 Every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocal decision that you are going to either do something or stop doing something. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

29 The ocean is everything I want to be. Beautiful, mysterious, wild and free. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

30 Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe. - Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

31 There are many paths to enlightenment. Make sure to take the one with a heart. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

32 The Tao has no rules. When you run your life by rules, you have left the Tao. - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

33 Don t look for me in a human shape. I am inside your looking. - Rumi Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

34 We are all just stories in the end. Make your story a good one. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

35 Love heals all wounds. Forgiveness heals all karma. Compassion creates miracles. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

36 Confront the difficult while it is still easy. Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. -Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

37 If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming in the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress. - Buddha Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

38 Do not let evil conquer you but conquer evil by doing good. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

39 If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

40 Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die. -Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

41 Success is achieved by developing your strengths, not by eliminating your weaknesses. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

42 The further one travels, the less one knows. - Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

43 If you cannot be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped. - John Wayne Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

44 Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

45 Get into my head and learn my language. Get into my heart and speak it. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

46 Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself? - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

47 A secret to happiness is letting every situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be. Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

48 If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. - Rollo May Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

49 Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded. - Tao Te Ching Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

50 Before healing others, heal yourself. - Lao Tzu Photo Anne-Maria Yritys

51 A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. - Lao Tzu

52 Appreciate good people. They are hard to come by.

53 The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. -Thomas Edison

54 Before you can speak, you must listen, and you must listen a lot, without resisting.

55 You cannot save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly. -Benjamin Hoff

56 Be open to the echoes of wisdom. Its truth will reveal itself in time.

57 In gathering your breath to become soft, can you be like an infant child? - Tao Te Ching

58 If people were superior to animals, they d take better care of the planet. -Winnie The Pooh

59 You cannot make others happy, but you can help them to understand why they suffer. - The Antic

60 The only way to have peace is to live peacefully.

61 Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them. - Lao Tzu

62 If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. - Lao Tzu

63 Be still like a mountain, and flow like a great river. - Lao Tse Tung

64 The root of compassion is compassion for oneself. - Pema Chodron

65 Stay at the centre of the circle and let all things take their course. - Tao Te Ching

66 Peace is the happy natural state of man. War is corruption and disgrace. - James Thomson

67 A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret.

68 The idea is to die young as late as possible.

69 The words of truth is always paradoxical. - Lao Tzu

70 There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people; there is only enlightened activity. -Shunryu Suzuki

71 With appreciation and gratitude, we open our heart and let the blessings in life touch us. -James Baraz

72 The sound of rain needs no translation. - Zen Proverb

73 The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. - Bodhidharma

74 When your belief in you and your dream is greater than the opinions of others you will have mastered your life.

75 The 1st step towards changing our mind is to identify which states of mind produce happiness & which produce suffering.

76 Dharma practice calls on us to see what is really true, and to step out of delusion. -Anushka Fernandopulle

77 Forgiveness is a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on. - Dr. Steve Maraboli

78 A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination & kindness. -Dalai Lama XIV

79 With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

80 You have to go to the very edge again and again. That is how you eventually go beyond & stretch.

81 In the garden of my heart, flowers of peace bloom beautifully. - Thich Nhat Hanh

82 Your happiness is your responsibility.

83 Everything is perfect and nothing is permanent.

84 Ours is a non-violent war; it is dharma yuddha. - Sardar Patel

85 To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe. - Thich Nhat Hanh

86 Yogis love to be alone. - Dharma Mittra

87 No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness. - Jack Kerouac

88 My love is unconditional. Your action is irrelevant.

89 No one is sent by accident to anyone.

90 Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change is not quite as spectacular. - Lisa Lutz

91 All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is. Buddha

92 Your nature is the Buddha. - Bodhidharma

93 Live in dharma, not in drama.

94 Find your purpose and follow your bliss.

95 One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. - Sigmund Freud

96 We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. C,G.Jung

97 People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. - C.G. Jung

98 Do not hold on to someone who is leaving, otherwise you won t meet the one who is coming. - C.G.Jung

99 The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are. - C.G. Jung

100 Knowing your own darkness is the best way of dealing with the darkness of others. -C.G.Jung

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