Category: Inspirational Quotes

Formula for Deliberate Creation:

            be + do = have; not  do + have = be

– Robert Anthony, Living Your Magic

“There is only one way to bungee jump: Just leap! The more you think, the harder it becomes. Overthinking produces only anxiety and doubt. Stop shouting, ‘What if?’ and just take a leap of faith.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“It is not always a good thing to get what you want. If everything happens the way you want, it is easy to become lazy and arrogant. You may also lose the ability to empathize with people having difficulties. Perhaps any hardship you may experience is an important lesson.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“There is no such thing as being completely prepared. Life is an adventure, through which we learn and mature. Of course, we must consider all our options carefully. But if we wait for 100 percent certainty, then it is often too late.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“A restaurant specializing in a few good dishes is more likely to develop a good reputation than one with a lengthy menu. Help your child go deep in her area of interest.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Born from a place of silence and wisdom, even when the world churns up a storm of emotions, the witness sits calmly in the eye of the storm, unharmed, luminous, and all-knowing.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Within each of us, there is an inner witness quietly observing what goes on inside and outside of us.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“The person leading you toward spiritual awakening is not the one who praises you or is nice to you. Your spirituality deepens because of those who insult you and give you a hard time. They are your spiritual teachers in disguise.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“There are two lies some of us hear when we’re growing up. The first is ‘You’ll never amount to anything.’ The second is ‘You can be anything you want to be.’ The truth is — You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.” – Jay Shetty, Think Like A Monk

“Often you almost literally fear you’ll die if you stay in that emptiness, and in a sense that’s true. A given sector of the personality will die if you don’t keep trying to fill it up. But there is something deeper… this emptiness is very spacious, and it’s anything but deficient. It is the beginning of opening up to our true selves—to the empty space in which everything arises, to the ground of our fundamental nature.” – Sandra Maitri