Relaxing And Enjoying Life Part 1

• “Tension is who you think you should be.
  Relaxation is who you are.”
  Chinese Proverb
• “When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”
  Etty Hillesum

• There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
  Gandhi
• “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.”
  Charlie Chaplin



• The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Ma-Tsu
• The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
  Baba Ram Dass
• It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.
  Muso Kokushi
• “A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
  Aesop



“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
Ovid

• “For fast-acting relief try slowing down.”
  Lily Tomlin

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Robert M. Pirsig

• “The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.”
  Dogen
• “Whether talking or remaining silent, Whether moving or standing quiet, The Essence itself is ever at ease.” Daishi
• “This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural. “ Osho
• “Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand - relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.” Osho
• “God is a synergetic experience. Science can never reveal it, philosophy can never come to it - only a poetic approach, a very passive, very loving approach, can.” Osho



• “Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own song. “ Osho
• “No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.” Dr. Joyce Brothers
• “He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate.”
  Henry David
• “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
  William S. Burroughs
• “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”
  Doug Larson



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