“Holding onto
anger is like grasp-
ing onto a hot coal
with the intent of throw-
ing it at someone else.
You are the one who
gets burned.”
– Gautama Buddha (563-483 B.C.) Hindu Prince and founder of Buddhism
From Michael C. – “Sometimes I listen but I do not hear, there’s always a message if I’m willing to be still and have an open ear.”
“We see ourselves as we really are, accepting our good qualities along with our defects … . We are becoming what we were meant to be all along: whole human beings.” (It Works, How and Why, p. 74)
“The third heart practice is loving-kindness, also known as metta. These are thoughts that are free from ill-will, simply wishing that somebody else be happy that they be well and free from suffering.” (Recovery Dharma, pg. 28)
“As far as
we can discern,
the sole purpose of
human existence is
to kindle a light in
the darkness of
mere being.”
– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.”
– Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. author & 1st female Nobel Prize winner
“Yet, as with other addictions and compulsions, the costs are great. In this case, sex becomes a furtive enemy to be continually kept at bay, even at the price of annihilating a part of oneself.” (Sexual Anorexia, p. 1)
“Holding on to anger, resentment, and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache, and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth.”
– Joan Lunden (1950 – ) U.S. television personality