Emotional Enrichment

“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.“
Robert Ingersoll; 1833-1899; American Orator, Lawyer

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.“
H.G. Wells;  1866-1946; British Writer

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.“
Joan Baez

“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant flame than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.“
Jack London

Empty yourself of everything,
Let the mind rest at peace.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while The Self watches their return,
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging,
Knowing constancy is insight
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster
Knowing constancy, the mind is open
With an open mind, you will be openhearted
Being openhearted, you will act royally
Being royal, you will attain the divine
Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away
Lao-tzu

“Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, suffered.“
Amanda Cross

“Vision: The art of seeing things invisible.“ - Jonathan Swift, Irish poet and satirist

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.“
Howard Thurman

“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.“
Joseph Campbell

“The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who without a dream.“
Harry Kemp

“Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.“
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Indian Nationalist, Statesman

“Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.“
Joseph Campbell

“One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.“
Joseph Campbell

“Never make an assertion, no matter how real it seems to be to you, if you do not want it reproduced or continued in your life.“
Bob Proctor

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.“
Elisabeth Kubler Ross