Along my journey I found myself often writing quotes that I had thought about.  I had always loved short quotes which said so much.  I began to discover that if you contemplated deeply one of these thought provoking nuggets of wisdom, you'd be able to change your life, perhaps even find enlightenment.   

 

This page is filled with some of my favourite quotes;  Those written by others that had a big influence on me are attributed to the author. 

 

I encourage you to contemplate any and all that intrigue you.  Perhaps you'll begin writing some of your own.

 

One of my favourites that I often quote to people is the one written by the Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh.  He wrote... 

"Instead of saying, 'Don't just sit there, do something,'

we should say the opposite, 'don't just do something, sit there.'" 

 

It seems like many in our fast paced world could really use this advice.  If life were like a play, it's as though most people are in the wrong role or simply not truly playing their part and so no wonder when we step out onto the stage of life it seems like such a confusion ~ people going here and there with often so little true direction ~ following the mind instead of the heart;  Few are content to simply sit and smell the roses.