Quotations

For the past year I have been revealing a daily quotation from a calendar which a good friend gave me for Christmas. Each day I have been reminded of not only her, but how life is sometimes too complicated, or too busy, to 'this' or too 'that'. Here are a select few of those quotations that I've kept for posterity, because they mean something to me:

"Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind."

Zen saying

"Even dust can become a mountain." 

Japanese proverb

"It is imperative to base your life on yourself, to take responsibility for you own happiness." 

Josei Toda

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." 

Confucius

"Turn your face to the sun and shadows will only fall behind you." 

Asian proverb

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. Just live your dream."

Dalai Lama

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow." 

Mahatma Gandhi

"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention." 

Japanese proverb

"Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home."

Matsuo Basho