Who, being loved, is poor?   Oscar Wilde

There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.”  Pilipino proverb

“When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.”   Dr Seuss

“If you understand, things are just as they are: if you do not understand, things are just as they are.”    Zen proverbs

“To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” – Mark Twain

“For it was not into my ear you whispered But into my heart Twas not my lips you kissed But my soul.” – Judy Garland

 
“True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German Philosopher, Poet

“Do not seek the because – in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.” Anais Nin

  “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”  -  Pablo Picasso

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.    

Anais Nin

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.   

Anais Nin

“I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”    Anais Nin

“I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.”   Anais Nin

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”     Anais Nin

“The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. ”   Buddha

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The vacation is over. Perhaps, I needed a little break from my online obsessions. What I missed most while taking a break from Enlighten Your day was the comments and feedback from my readers. So today, I heard this quote that I felt compelled to share with my readers in hopes that you might have something to teach me about the questions I am putting forth, or maybe you just feel the desire to share something about this topic.

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“Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.”
- Oprah Winfrey

“What lies behind us, and what lies before
us are small matters compared
to what lies within us.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful
form of love. In return, you will receive
untold peace and happiness.”

- Dr. Robert Muller

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but
tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.”
- Lyndon B. Johnson

“To accomplish great things, we must
not only act, but also dream, not
only plan, but also believe.”
- Anatole France

Fortune sides with him who dares.”
- Virgil

“What you get by reaching your destination is
not nearly as important as what you will
become by reaching your destination.”
- Zig Ziglar

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how
much fault you find with another, and
regardless of how much you blame
him, it will not change you”
- Wayne Dyer

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small
act of kindness. Every act creates
a ripple with no logical end.”
- Scott Adams

“Never worry about numbers.
Help one person at a time,
and always start with
the person nearest you.”
- Mother Teresa

“You have achieved success if you have lived
well, laughed often and loved much.”
- Author Unknown

“If we all did the things we are capable of
doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
- Thomas Edison

“There’s only one way to succeed in anything
and that is to give everything.”
- Vince Lombardi

 “Adversity is another way to measure the
greatness of individuals. I never had a
crisis that didn’t make me stronger.”
- Lou Holtz

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run
into a wall, don’t turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through
it, or work around it.”
- Michael Jordan

Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
- Berthold Auerbach

“The past cannot be changed.
The future is yet in your power.”-

Hugh White

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 I love reading and sharing quotes.  A great quote can motivate, energize, and enlighten the mind.  I have compiled a list of quotes on the energy within all of us to help elevate the end of your week.  I hope you enjoy!

Ralph Lauren:

• A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

William Blake:

• Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence

Shakti Gawain:

• The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you.

Norman Vincent Peale:

• The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Oprah Winfrey:

• Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”

Thomas A. Edison:

• The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

Anthony Robbins:

• The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Henry Ford:

• Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Samuel Johnson:

• Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.

Sarah Bernhardt:

• Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

 Vincent Van Gogh:

• Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.”

Teilhard de Chardin:

• Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution”

Mark Twain:

• And what is a man without energy? Nothing – nothing at all.

Benjamin Franklin:

• Energy and persistence alter all things.

Dale Carnegie:

• Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn’t you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn’t most of them turn out all right after all?

Unknown Author:

• America’s number one energy crisis is Monday morning.

Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort:

• A person of intellect without energy added to it; is a failure.

Aristotle:

• The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Thomas Alva Edison:

• It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Chogyam Trungpa:

• Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.”

Eleanor Roosevelt:

• You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.

Mahatma Gandhi:

• I have learned through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can move the world.”

Sheilah Graham:

• You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.

Sister Corita Kent:

• Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

Roberto Clemente:

• If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer with me, when I get mad; it puts energy in my body.

William James:

• Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

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Those who wish to sing always find a song. -

Swedish Proverb

The great mantra that cures all suffering:

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The point is not to understand life,

The point is to love life.

Dostoevsk

Everything is perfect, it just needs a little improvement.  - Suzuki Roshi

Pride ... is the enemy of love. - Karen Horney

Sit
Rest.
Work.

Alone with yourself,

Never weary.

On the edge of the forest

Live joyfully

Without desire

- The Buddha

Abjure the why and seek the how.

- Sir Richard (Francis) Burton

If I shake off this sad world, put it aside,

 what lies in store for me,

what note will I sound?  by BJ

You put your foot on a path and walk.

Maybe fifty years from now you look back and say

“That’s what I gave my life for.” Bishop Daniel Corriga

To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders

Chuang-tzu

- Jack Kerouac
If you want to tell me that the stars are not words, 
then stop calling them stars.

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of dreams. -Yiddish proverb

There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;

there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Basho

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“Tension is who you think you should be.  Relaxation is who you are.” Chinese Proverb

I have compiled a list of timeless relaxing Zen quotes for your reading pleasure. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy these terrific quotes from Zen masters and artists alike. Please feel free to add any comments or quotes you would like to share below.

Timeless Relaxing Zen quotes to soothe your being:

“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”  Etty Hillesum

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”  Gandhi

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”  Charlie Chaplin

“The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.”  Ma-Tsu

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” Baba Ram Dass

“It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.”  Muso Kokushi

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”  Aesop

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”  Ovid

“For fast-acting relief try slowing down.”  Lily Tomlin

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

“The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.”  Dogen

“Whether talking or remaining silent, Whether moving or standing quiet, The Essence itself is ever at ease.”  Daishi

“This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural. “  Osho

“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”  Osho

“God is a synergetic experience. Science can never reveal it, philosophy can never come to it – only a poetic approach, a very passive, very loving approach, can.” Osho

“Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own song. “  Osho

“No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.”  Dr. Joyce Brothers

“He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.”  Henry David

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”  William S. Burroughs

“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson

“This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.”  Captain J. A. Hadfield

“Ten thousand flowers in spring

the moon in autumn,

a cool breeze in summer,

snow in winter.

If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,

this is the best season of your life.”   Wu-men

“To what shall

I liken the world?

Moonlight, reflected

In dewdrops,

Shaken from a crane’s bill.”  Dogen

“The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen; Birds sing, the mountains grow dark —This is the wondrous power of Buddhism.”  Ryokan

“Calm in quietude is not real calm. When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature. Happiness in comfort is not real happiness. When you can be happy in the midst of hardship, then you see the true potential of the mind.”  Huanchu Daoren

“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.”  Douglas Pagels

“Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it’s just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.”  Ching-yuan

“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” Alan Watts

“Said the river to the seeker, “Does one really have to fret about enlightenment? No matter which way I turn, I’m homeward bound.” Anthoney De Mello

“Surfing soothes me, it’s always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I’m on a wave.” Paul Walker

“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”  T.S. Eliot

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