The Universe Smiles

Settling on the pleasant can provide many years of comfort, whereas an endlessly evolving perspective affords undying enjoyment.

Receiving love from another carries one through terrible moments, but not until you choose to love when it is most difficult will you truly come to know selfless compassion and strength.

If you spend your life running away from that which scares you, great purpose will never stare you in the eyes.

Grace and beauty color the Universe, yet much is filtered by pouring them through the sieve of the mind.

Your dreams need not be acknowledged by any other that you might take flight across a sea of worthy challenges.

The form in which you are born can in no way hinder you from becoming a great force of nature.

Hidden behind the wall of your present experience is a profoundly transformative idea that would capture the World’s heart were you not to be obsessed with what the World is doing.

By steadfastly looking for the strengths in others, you will soon be surrounded by strong people.

Every act must in some way, no matter how small, elevate humanity and lead it closer to a radiant future.

Perhaps the biggest shame of all is to accept and surrender to one’s fate, doing nothing to clear the path that your heart might follow.

Every decision has equal potential for benevolence and aggression. Before you open a door, make absolutely sure you are on the right side of it.

Light possesses no velocity when it is everywhere at once – just as time has no past or future when it is only now.

Embrace every moment, good and bad, with your entire being, and you will always be one step closer to the truth.

No matter if you believe you can climb a mountain or you are certain it is an impossibility, you will always be right.

May we stand on the shoulders of our past heroes, rising above our most fierce opposition to see the great mountains of our coming future.

When the world has told you that your aspirations are impossible, it is your sacred obligation to prove them wrong.

To dream of a better future is noble, but until that dream possesses you and wakes you from your sleep, it will forever be just beyond reach.

Hope has nowhere to go without the wind of vision. Envision the future you most desire in order that hope may come to you with open arms.

If you refuse to make heaven in this world, do not expect to find it anywhere else.

If you will make the choice to bring beauty into this world, it will be utterly necessary for you to ignore antagonism from those feeding on a daily diet of tragedy, disappointment, and dark thoughts.

Slow, careful steps toward grand ideas avoid the destruction of sudden revolution.

What we know to be true is but a bridge across an ocean of doubt on the way to the inconceivable.

Thoughts are only camouflage for who you truly are, deep in the Heart.

If you are aware of yourself when dancing, you really aren’t dancing at all.

War is a symptom of the terminal diseases of ignorance, superstition, and malice.

Life created mindfully grows a future full of hope.

Often, what you perceive to be a monster is none other than your deepest subconscious asking for an audience.

Uncontrolled aggression only leads to self-inflicted pain, and only when there is no pain may there be peace.

A clever mind and rich imagination are absolutely impotent without the realization of mortality and the need to care for others with the same fate.

A calm ocean cannot know the power and fury of a tidal wave.

No room is too small to confine the boundless spirit of one that is truly free.

If you meditate on the dead, dry leaves on the ground, you may miss the brilliant colors of the forest.

While you have yet to awaken from your dream, its shadows, darkness, and pain are all so real. It takes but a moment to open your eyes and wash away lifetimes of deep sleep.

The soul of those that came before us is known by the imprints they left behind in the course of living their lives. The more deeply present you are in this moment, the stronger the footprint you leave in the sands of time, rippling forever into future generations.

Happiness does not need a reason – it is its own goal and purpose.

Plant your roots firmly in the ground so that your branches might grow far and wide.

Getting used to the old and familiar stomps on the budding sprouts of all that is new.

Pride may begin with a gentle voice but eventually raises to such a deafening shout so as to drown out all reason.

By far, the fastest way to end human suffering is to stop creating it.

It is best to pay less attention to where you have been and keep your eyes on where you are going.

Bumping into walls and falling down is an inevitable part of the process of finding the light switch in a dark room.

You can search the world over for good, but until you find it in yourself, it will forever be hidden from you.

Every thought and action that comes from you ripples into humanity as the waves of an ocean – may they be imbued with love, without exception.

No matter how painful the past or present may be, there will forever be the potential for a brighter future --- only we, alone or in groups, may refuse to allow change.

Your life has enriched this world if you but just one heart saved from breaking.

A lifetime of smiles may leave deep wrinkles on the face, yet a life with no wrinkles leaves nothing behind at all.

The brighter the light, the stronger the shadows that will be cast.

Visions come only to those who have freed perception from the limited horizon of self.

In the realm of the infinite, there is no time, nor is there any limit to what may be seen, heard, or felt – that is our birthplace.

It is far better to find oneself in isolation than in the crowded company of aggression and hate.