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Living Quotes

    “Do not think of work – any work – as a duty.  If it is a duty, it will become a burden.  How do you turn a burden into a pleasure?  Live respectfully, correctly, positively, and boldly.” ~ Tempu Nakamura, Budo Secrets

      “I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to.” ~ Toni Sorenson

        “It matters not where or how far you travel – the farther commonly the worse – but how much alive you are.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

          “So much of our lives takes place in our heads – in memory or imagination, in speculation or interpretation – that sometimes I feel that I can best change my life by changing the way I look at it.  As America’s wisest psychologist, William James, reminded us, ‘The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.’  It’s the perspective we choose – not the places we visit – that ultimately tells us where we stand.  Every time I take a trip, the experience acquires meaning and grows deeper only after I get back home and, sitting still, begin to convert the sights I’ve seen into lasting insights.” ~ Pico Iyer, The Art of Stillness

           

            “Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.” ~ Pico Iyer, The Art of Stillness