Words worth keeping

More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.

Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world.

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.

Don't JustDon't just learn, experience.Don't just read, absorb.Don't just change, transform.Don't just relate, advocate.Don't just promise, prove.Don't just criticize, encourage.Don't just think, ponder.Don't just take, give.Don't just see, feel.Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen.Don't just talk, act.Don't just tell, show.Don't just exist, live.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.