“To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the Ultimate Purpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done — this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.” ~Thomas Dekker

“There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us, not even the Buddha. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?” ~ Dalai Lama XIV

“There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us, not even the Buddha. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?”  ~ Dalai Lama XIV

“Do I want the present moment to be my friend or enemy? The present moment is inseparable from life so you are really deciding what kind of relationship you want with life. Once you have decided you want the present moment to be your friend, it is up to you to make the first move. Become friendly, welcome it no matter in what disguise it comes and soon you will see the results. Life becomes friendly towards you; people become helpful, circumstances cooperative. One decision changes your entire reality. But that one decision you have to make again and again and again – until it becomes natural to live in such a way. The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of the ego.The ego can never be in alignment with the present moment, which is to say, aligned with life, since it’s very nature compels it to ignore, resist or devalue the now.Time is what the ego lives on.The stronger the ego, the more time takes over your life. Almost every thought you think is then concerned with past or future and your sense of self depends on your past for your identity and on the future for it’s fulfillment. Fear,anxiety, expectation, regret, guilt, anger are the dysfunctions of the time bound state of consciousness.” ~Eckhart Tolle