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    “Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there’s anywhere to hide.” ~ Pema Chödrön

      “Suffering persists because we nourish the feelings that cause it.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

        “The man, the art, the work: it is all one.” ~ Eugen Herrigel

          “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Jack Kornfield

            “In seeking to escape from the suffering ourselves why should we inflict it upon others?” ~ Surangama Sutra

              “To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find Nirvana.” ~ Shunryu Suzuki

                “Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.” ~ Matthieu Ricard

                  “Only he who has the courage to write the word ‘end’ can find the strength to write the word ‘beginning.'” ~ Zen Proverb

                    “If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it.  If you can’t see yourself doing something, usually you can’t achieve it.” ~ SEAL, Living With A SEAL

                      “If you don’t challenge yourself, you don’t know yourself.” ~ SEAL, Living With A SEAL

                        “You can be fit without being healthy, but you can’t be healthy without being fit.  Meaning… you can be in great shape on the outside, but if you don’t eat great and don’t take care of your insides, you aren’t necessarily healthy.  History shows us there were plenty of athletes who were in great shape but suddenly died of a heart attack.  Balance is key.” ~ Jesse Itzler, Living With A SEAL

                          “[My wife] likes to think of money as a big magnifying glass.  If you are a good person before you had money… then money makes you an even better person.  If you were a charitable person before you had money… then money makes you even more charitable.  But if you were an asshole before you had money… well then, money makes you an even bigger asshole.” ~ Jesse Itzler, Living with a SEAL

                            “I like my feet to be the first footprints in the sand.” ~ Kevin Garnett

                              “Most of my successes in life have come from learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.” ~ Jesse Itzler, Living With A SEAL

                                “It does not matter how long you live.  It only matters that you love it while you’re here.” ~ Ellen Gilchrist, Acts of God

                                  “To be alive becomes the fundamental luck each ordinary, compromising day manages to bury.” ~ Ellen Gilchrist, Acts of God

                                    “We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides.  And so what shall we wonder at?  Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?  Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted to battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished.  The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen.  We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.”

                                    Robert Ardrey via Acts of God

                                      “One of the most tragic things that any one of us can do is to put off living.  Too many people are dreaming of some magical rose garden on the horizon rather than enjoying the one growing in our back yards.  What a tragedy.” ~ Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

                                        “Have the discipline to focus your time around your priorities.  The most meaningful things in your life should never be sacrificed to those that are the least meaningful.” ~ Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari