"Is There A Difference Between Happiness And Inner Peace? Yes. Happiness Depends On Conditions Being

Every time you want to quit but keep going, you pass a checkpoint in life.

Steven Handel, The Emotion Machine: Self-Improvement in the 21st Century

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.” Eckhart Tolle

You have to stop ruining things for yourself preemptively because you believe they’ll fail anyway. Give yourself a chance to succeed.

“Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.”

— Mark Twain (via psych-facts)

If we are completely present to whatever is arising, we can stretch beyond our self-imposed limits; we can endure what may seem unendurable.

- Shinge Roko Cherry Shayat Roshi

Joan Didion, from Blue Nights

- A message from 23 nights temple -

“In times of hardship, there is actually hope and joy. When things are easy, actually trouble and suffering increase.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

“苦労しているときには、却って希望や喜びがある。楽をしていると、却って悩みや苦しみが増える。”