The CP Diary

“Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realisation that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be …

Something inspirational:

The way to happiness – keep your heart free from hate; your mind free from worry; live simply; expect little, give much.

CAROL BORGES

Something inspirational:

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL

Something inspirational:

“To seek security outside to fill the void of insecurity inside is like trying to cure a wound by putting dirt on it. It only redoubles our insecurity because everything that is outside is already insecure.”

SATINDER DHIMAN

Philosophy quote:

“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.”

TENZIN GYATSO, the 14th Dalai Lama

Something inspirational:

“Be still. It takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships; you have no country; you have no spiritual attainment; you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself.”

GANGAJI

Something inspirational:

“A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.”

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Something inspirational:

“Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them, or one that can literally save their lives.”

TONY ROBBINS

Inspirational quote:

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

CONFUCIUS