Quotes

"They are happy indeed who own nothing at all;

Those with highest knowledge own nothing at all.

See how people who own things are afflicted,

Bound to others by their obligations."
~Udana 2.6~
"The soul is characterized by these capacities: self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and
movement."
~Aristotle~
"The first step towards the solution of any problem is optimism."
~John Baines~
"Spirit is dreaming in man."
~Søren Kierkegaard~
"Of all the medicines in the world

Myriad and various

There is none like the medicine of Truth

Therefore, O followers, drink of this."
~Dhammpada~

From "Buddha Speaks," edited by Anne Bancroft, 2000. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala
Publications, Boston, http://www.shambhala.com/.