Travel Notecards: Words of wisdom....personal reminders

Friday 6 January 2012

Words of wisdom....personal reminders

Here area some Buddhist quotes I have recently found that resonate in some way for me. There are many days I need to remind myself of these thoughts and today just happened to be one of them!

I thought you might also enjoy them.

Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional.- Buddhist proverb

Spend some time alone everyday. - Tenzin Gyatso - 14th Dalai Lama

We can live without religion and meditation,but we cannot survive without human affection.- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. - Pema Chodron

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die, so let us all be thankful. - The Buddha