A thoughtful quote each morning?

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

— Lao Tzu

So long as you do no harm to another, change your opinion once in a while. Contradict yourself without being embarrassed. This is your right. It doesn't matter what others think -because that's what they will think, in any case.

— Paulo Coelho

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

— Lao Tzu

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

— Anne Lamott

What is divine is full of Providence. Even chance is not divorced from nature, from the inweaving and enfolding of things governed by Providence. Everything proceeds from it. (Hays translation)

— Marcus Aurelius

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

— Lao Tzu

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

— Marcus Aurelius

Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good.

— Marcus Aurelius

Only children believe they're capable of everything.

— Paulo Coelho

Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.

— Paulo Coelho

The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens.

— Paulo Coelho

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

— Marcus Aurelius

Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.

— Paulo Coelho

For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

— Paulo Coelho

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.

— Thich Nhat Hanh