The basic instruction is

simple: start taking off that armor.

That’s all anyone can tell you. No one can tell you

how to do it because you’re the only one who

knows how you locked yourself

in there to start.

Pema Chödrön

To be resolute in the way

means 
from the beginning never to 
lose

sight of it, whether in a
 place of calm or in a place

of strife; 
to not cling to quiet places nor 


shun places where there is

disturbance.

Daikaku

Most

women who have done

something with their lives have

been disliked by almost

everyone.

Francoise Gilot

When the workings

of the mind are stirred, a reflection

of a bow may be mistaken for a serpent,

a large rock in the underbrush may be seen

as a crouching lion; here is all killing energy.

When thoughts cease, even the violent can

become gentle, the ordinary can be

elegant; everywhere you see

true potential.

Huanchu Daoren

The body’s so

hard, such awful things inside it.

Expenditure and loss. Collateral and gift.

Yet inside the inside, stillness, if

you close your eyes.

Maggie Smith