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1 " The best way to make something last is to believe that it won't. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer
2 " A true smile is when the mouth and the heart coordinate with each other. "
3 " Everything we do tells something about us. "
4 " Feel that life likes you just the way you are; otherwise, it would have made you differently. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , Self-Meditation: 3,299 Tips, Quotes, Reminders, and Wake-Up Calls for Peace and Serenity
5 " A still tongue keeps a wise head. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , 863 Buddhist Ways to Conquer Life's Little Challenges
6 " rainbows apologizing for angry skies "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , 14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book
7 " sleeping sprawled out on the bed "
8 " singing to the radio when you drive "
9 " We can protect life, practice generosity, behave responsibly, and consume mindfully. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy
10 " hot breakfast on a cold winter morning "
11 " Something ordinary in the past becomes valuable in the future "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , 8,789 Words of Wisdom: Proverbs, Precepts, Maxims, Adages, and Axioms to Live By
12 " Transgressions are to be understood and corrected, not dwelt upon or agonized over. "
13 " The quality of our lives depends, to a large degree, on the results of our decisions "
14 " not just seizing the day but making the day "
15 " Try adding contemplation to your actions. When you are sweeping, you can be removing anger or fear. When you are mowing, you can be cutting down desire and greed. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , How Would Buddha Act?: 801 Right-Action Teachings for Living with Awareness and Intention
16 " One with compassion is kind even when angry; one without compassion will kill even as he smiles. SHABKAR, TIBETAN POET "
17 " French blue "
18 " Happy cooks make happy food. "
19 " Do not humiliate or ridicule a person in order to persuade him to change "
20 " Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small. "
― Barbara Ann Kipfer , 1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment