Whatever

"Whatever the past has been, you have a spotless future."

Unknown

The beginning

"Making the beginning is one third of the work."

Irish Proverb

Fall

"Whenever you fall, pick something up."

Oswald Avery

To live

"To live is to die over and over again."

Pema Chodron

Fight

"Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists."

Eckhart Tolle

Courage

"Courage doesn't always roar.

Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,

"I will try again tomorrow".

Mary Anne Radmacher

La première répétition

"Mais que peut valoir la vie, si la première répétition de la vie est déjà la vie même?"

Milan Kundera

Coming back

"If going away is what it is to be a monk

then coming back

really

really

is what it is to be a Buddha.

But surely you can only really come back

if you've really gone away."

Ko Un