Daily Quote — Shiatsu Works

“The power which resides in you is new in nature, and no one else knows what that is, nor do you, until you have tried.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (paraphrased from ‘Self Reliance’)

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 25, 2021

“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”

David Richo

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 23, 2021

“Here is a rule to remember, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not ‘This is misfortune,’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’”

Marcus Aurelius

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 21, 2021

“Pain in this life is not avoidable, but the pain we create avoiding pain is avoidable.”

R.D. Laing

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 16, 2021

“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise… can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.”

Henry Miller

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 15, 2021

“We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.”

Pema Chödrön

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 13, 2021

“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.”

Pema Chödrön

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 13, 2021

“The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses.”

C. JoyBell C.

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 9, 2021

“We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 6, 2021

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Max Planck

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 5, 2021

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 3, 2021

“If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay.”

Stephen Levine

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 2, 2021

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Mary Jane PullenSeptember 1, 2021

“Even in the darkest time, the sun is not vanquished… Let us all bring more light and compassion into the world.”

Dacha Avelin

Mary Jane PullenAugust 31, 2021

“Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are”

Jack Kornfield

Mary Jane PullenAugust 30, 2021

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”

George Eliot

Mary Jane PullenAugust 28, 2021

“Trust love even if it brings sorrow. Do not close up your heart.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Mary Jane PullenAugust 25, 2021

“Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.”

Buddha

Mary Jane PullenAugust 25, 2021

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

Buddha

Mary Jane PullenAugust 23, 2021

“Allow nature to teach you stillness.”

Eckhart Tolle

Mary Jane PullenAugust 23, 2021

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