ECCLESIASTICUS

Trust also your own judgment, for it is your most reliable counsellor. A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted on a high tower.

BUDDHA

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

JACKSON BROWN

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance.

Dr SEUSS

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

ASHLEY SMITH

Life is full of beauty.
Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child and the smiling faces.
Smell the rain and feel the wind.
Live your life to the fullest potential and fight for your dreams.

HENRY HASKINS

The man who is too old to learn
Was probably always too old to learn.

BUDDHA

My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience - it is a means of practice, not something to hold on to or worship.
It is like a raft used to cross a river - only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation.

Chinese Proverb

Enjoy yourself - it’s later than you think

WILLIAM CONGREVE

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
Tomorrow’s sun to thee may never rise

DALAI LAMA

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

WILLIAM LOUDEN

To be sure of good health - eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.

CHUANG TZU

As rain falls on the just and the unjust alike, let your heart be untroubled by judgments and let your kindness rain on all.

JOHN LENNON

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

ANON

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

HENRY VAN DYKE

Time is
Too slow for those who wait
Too swift for those who fear
Too long for those who grieve
Too short for those who rejoice
But for those who love
Time is eternity

(Lines read at the funeral of Princess Diana)

from Monty Python "The Meaning of Life"

The meaning of life is nothing very special. Try to be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

HELEN KELLER

When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

Read every day something no one else is reading. Think every day something no one else is thinking. Do every day something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Arabic Saying

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

ANNE FRANK

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

FRIDTJOF NANSEN

The difficult is what takes a little time.
The impossible is what takes a little longer.

MARK TWAIN

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.