Author: Yoga With Brian

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. -Pema Chodron

A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Otherwise, they will be overwhelmed by the changes in which they are caught and whose significance or connections they do not perceive. -John Dewey

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” — Maya Angelou

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight. -Vaclav Havel

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. -Henri Frederic Amiel

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. -Sydney J. Harris

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. -Robert M. Pirsig

The day the seed is planted is not the day you harvest the crop. -Anonymous

“Where there is love there is life.”
– Mahatma Gandhi