Quotes from David Michie

When one is angry, the first person to suffer is oneself. No one who is angry has a happy, peaceful mind.

anger causes so much misery both for the person on the receiving end, as well as for the person experiencing it.

To help others achieve that we must first remove what is obscuring our own mind. Then, like the doctor, our capacity to help is very much greater.

the experience of an event depends on the mind of the experiencer, even more than the event itself.

not all sense is common.

We forget that it's only a matter of time before there is change—and, once again, a shift in perspective.

In Buddhism"—the lama tilted his head back challengingly—"we would say that you are lazy." Sam's reaction was the opposite of his usual. Color drained from his face. "Despising yourself, thinking you are no good, saying 'I can't do this.' This is the mind of weakness. You must work to overcome it.

Prad?jau suprasti, kad jei id?ja paprasta, nereiškia, jog lengvai ?gyvendinama. Gali sau murkti pritardama aukštiems principams, bet kas iš to, jei gyveni j? nesilaikydama.

The only time we can experience happiness is in this moment, here and now.

If there is a very strong connection, sometimes the same being can come back again and again.

lack of self-confidence was considered, in Buddhism, to be a form of laziness,

Our brains physically change depending on what we give our attention to. Tayata om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha. Om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha. Om bekadze bekadze Maha bekadze bekadze Radza samungate soha.

even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.

the act of imagining how an ideal self might be is the start of its manifestation.

bodhisattva, a Sanskrit term that in Buddhism refers to an enlightened being.

As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.

It teaches us to become more aware of our own mental behavior, to replace negative patterns of thought with more positive ones.

Suppression is never a permanent fix.

We cannot work on the body unless we also work on the mind.

It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, Even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. It is to build a house with affection, Even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house. It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, Even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.

Don't try to avoid tightness by getting into a compromised posture; instead breathe through it! Not with force but with wisdom. Use your breath to create openness. Breath by breath, subtle change is possible. Each breath is a step to transformation.

Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment deliberately and non-judgementally.

It is not morbid, not depressing to contemplate one's own death. Completely the opposite! It is only when we have faced the reality of our own death that we really know how to live.

In the stillness we discover that there are other ways of knowing things than through the intellect.