Zen Thoughts...

**Nightmare** · 06-28-2007, 09:53 PM

"The Self is hidden in the lotus of the heart."
-Chandogya Upanishad

**Nightmare** · 08-13-2007, 07:48 PM

If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself;
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus

**Nightmare** · 08-13-2007, 08:26 PM

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

**Nightmare** · 11-13-2007, 11:17 AM

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."

~ Salma Hayek

**Nightmare** · 12-12-2007, 06:29 AM

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
--Dalai Lama

**Nightmare** · 02-06-2008, 08:55 AM

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you
spiritual. There is no other teacher but your soul." ~Swami Vivekananda

**Nightmare** · 08-16-2008, 10:46 AM

We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.
— Anais Nin