"You can move much more swiftly and effectively toward the joyous success you seek in life by giving your attention and emphasis to the way you want to feel, or to your state of being, rather than to the action." -AbrahamDevelop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. -Sutta Nipata DRIFTING "Whoever lives in search & urge for pleasure & beauty, unguarded in senses, immoderately indulging, lazy, lethargic, inactive, dulled into apathy; Such ones Mara sweeps away like breaking a branch of a tiny bush ..." Dhammapada 7 SMILING MOUNTAIN "Whoever lives cooled by genuine disgust, guarded in senses, moderately enjoying, alert, active, aware, exerting energetic effort; Such one Mara find immovable like the wind the mighty mountain ..." Dhammapada 8 Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is a supreme creative act.-Ram Dass
Mahasi SayadawThis world is swept away by aging, by illness, by death. With the world thus swept away by aging, illness, & death, any restraint of body, speech, & intellect practiced here will be one's shelter, cave, island, & refuge after death in the world beyond." - the Dvejana Sutta