life is available only in the present moment

"We’re afraid all the time of what the future will bring—afraid we’ll lose our jobs, our possessions, the people around us whom we love. So we wait and hope for that magical moment—always sometime in the future—when everything will be as we want it to be. We forget that life is available only in the present moment."

- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Free From Fear", tricycle.com

life is trial and error

"Life is trial and error. Those who succeed are those who survive their failures and keep trying."

- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. “Fall of Angels.” Tom Doherty Associates, 1996

the pilgrimage into our own heart

“Be Here Now opened doors to our deeper selves, clarifying and calming the tumult of insight and upheaval and helping many of us take the first step on the pilgrimage into our own heart.”

- Ram Dass & Rameshwar Das. “Polishing the Mirror.” Sounds True.

a life lived in betrayal of what one is

"...a life lived in betrayal of what one is cannot be considered a life lived."

- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. “Scion of Cyador.” Tom Doherty Associates, 2000

be willing to experiment with our time and attention

“The point is not to hate the stuff we’ve bought, or berate ourselves for being a news junkie, or withdraw from modern life, but to be willing to experiment with our time and attention, connecting more fully with our life as it happens”

- Sharon Salzberg. “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition.” Workman Publishing, 2010.