The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. So look deeply at life as it is.
Gyalwang Drukpa
Learn to watch and wait. Emotions come and go like waves on the shore, so if you can be mindful of them you will understand where they come from and also that they are impermanent, like everything.
Gyalwang Drukpa
If you disagree with someone, make a conscious effort to step into their shoes and see the situation from their point of view. Even if you continue to disagree, you will gain some understanding.
Gyalwang Drukpa
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Happiness will come when you bring happiness to others.
Gyalwang Drukpa
A very good practice for preventing anger in the first place is to become masterful at listening.
Gyalwang Drukpa
Practice leaving things be. Let others be themselves—who are we to judge?—and let us concentrate on improving our own minds and our own lives instead.
Gyalwang Drukpa
Give quietly; don't make a song and dance about it.
Gyalwang Drukpa
To make no mistakes is not in the power of humans; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and the good learn wisdom for the future.
Plutarch
Think of how unsettled you tend to feel after an angry outburst.
Gyalwang Drukpa
It is only by understanding suffering that we truly understand happiness.
Gyalwang Drukpa
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
Plutarch
A beloved friend whom I met until yesterday is gone today, swept away like mountain clouds.
Tsurayuki
You're a song, a wished-for song. Go through the ear to the center where sky is, where wind is, where silent knowing exists.
Rumi
What do we mean when we say that the mind wanders? Simply that thought is everlastingly enticed from one attraction to another, from one association to another, and is in constant agitation. Is it possible for thought to come to an end?
J. Krishnamurti
How do i become whole?
By not becoming.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Plutarch