32 Quotes About Zen-and-the-art-of-happiness

How do you think your body and mind would respond if you were surrounded by psychologists, psychiatrists, or drug and alcohol counselors who subscribed to the belief that "once an alcoholic or addict, always an alcoholic or addict" and who believed that your current stay in rehab would be one of many?

You don´t have to let it linger Within the palm of your hand, The tip's already in your finger:All beginning comes to an end.

Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one religion or tradition. It is about experiencing life in the here and now and about removing the dualistic distinctions between "I" and "you" between "subject" and "objective", between our spiritual and our ordinary, everyday activities.

I'm glad to get home, but I have no worry. If we are in a hurry we die in the outcome.

Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.

WU WEIflow of Life governed by Tao flow of changespontaneous natural effortless acting through non-actionconnecting with Earth and Moon and Sunthroughbeingnot inert or lazy or passive but swimming swiftly within the current merging Life with Taoquiet and watchfulnot-interferingreceptive alert directly connectedacting without action trusting detached without desirespontaneous natural effortless Living

Question everything, even the question mark, that shepherd's crook floating in the air above that small round rockIf you - stubbornly - still wish to be unhappy,maybe you can grasp it.

I think of the friendships I've strained, the generosity I've exploited, the bridges I've torched. Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; with them, forgive yourself. There may be hope for me yet.

Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.