“The more we try to make life conform to our desires, the more we struggle and the more we suffer. The only way out of this vicious cycle is to accept what arises, completely: in other words, do nothing. Ken McLeod (Something from Nothing)

“When you internalize the gaze of others, you’re a prisoner of what, in reality, you’re reading into their gaze – an uncertain process at best.” Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Under Your Skin)

“Open the door wide to your fear and anxiety. Touch it. Be curious about it. Then let it go. See the contrast between your anxiety and the space around it.” Carolyn Gimian (Face Fear and Keep Going)

“Spiritual thoughts are infinite in their potentiality, each one being measure by the life, intelligence, and substance with which it is expressed… Every word is a thought in activity, and when spoken it goes out as a vibratory force that is registered in the all providing substance…” Charles Fillmore (Prosperity: Spiritual Secrets to an Abundant Life)

“The unique lesson of chaos is that decisive steps are happening all the time. Any moment is one that can have incredible consequences. A small pressure applied at the right moment to a sad friend’s hand makes all the difference, while the same pressure, applied a moment later, makes no difference at all.” Barbara Roether (The Heartbeat Sutra)

“Love can flow toward you in every moment: through a flower, in a grain of sand, in a wisp of a cloud, in any one person whom you allow to delight you. You might be experiencing this flow of love when you find yourself smiling at things for no apparent reason.” Fr. Richard Rohr (Let the Flow Happen)

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Carl G. Jung (Psychology and Alchemy)

“On the ‘mountaintop’ we receive new illumination, inspiration, and insight into the providing law… The thing to bear in mind is to take with you and hold on to all that you gain on the mountaintop of prayer, and not let go of it when you meet the thoughts and states of mind on the material plane that need to be spiritualized.” Myrtle Fillmore (Going into the Silence – Myrtle Fillmore’s Healing Letters)

“The most straightforward advice on awakening enlightened mind is this: practice not causing harm to anyone – yourself or others – and every day, do what you can to be helpful. Pema Chödrön (What to Do When the Going Gets Rough)

“Anyplace you don’t want to be, no matter how comfortable, is a prison for you.” Ajahn Brahm (Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? – Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life’s Difficulties)