“When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.”   Eknath Easwaran

“When we take the gifts of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, and intelligence – and translate them into our lives, we are serving the One.”   Margaret Stortz

“Joy is not constant.  It comes to us in moments – often ordinary moments.  Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we are too busy chasing down extraordinary moments.”   Brené Brown

“Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness.  Happiness is a sort of atmosphere that you can live in sometimes if you are lucky.  Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love.”   Adela Rogers St. John

“Once you realize that all comes from within, that the world in which you live is not projected onto you, but by you, your fear comes to an end.”   Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Pain and pleasures are the crests and valleys of the waves of the ocean of bliss.  Deep down there is utter fullness.”   Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place and this too will be swept away.”   Marcus Aurelius

“Never let the future disturb you.  You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”   Marcus Aurelius

“Your problem is that you’re too busy holding on to your unworthiness.  The heart surrenders everything to the moment.  The mind judges and holds back.”   Ram Dass