A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect.
To breathe in, you must breathe out. To live, you must give up the clutch on life.
The more you try to hold on to your life, the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clasp water in your hand.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.
Consciousness does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. It is nothing jointed; it flows. A 'river' or a 'stream' are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described.
The river has its burden of water, but it carries it forward to the sea.
When you are totally attentive, the self is absent.
The river seeks the lowest ground with humility; that is why it becomes an immense, majestic ocean.
In the marketplace of this world, buy only that which you can carry beyond the river of death.
When the bow is pulled with steady patience, the arrow of truth hits the bullseye of the heart.
Do not let the thief of procrastination steal the priceless treasure of your present hour.
The earth bears all footprints with equal patience; cultivate boundless forbearance toward all living beings.
Flow with whatever may happen, and keep your mind free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right.
Where there is space, the blade moves with effortless ease. So too does the spirit that does not force its way.
Do not allow either grief or joy to enter your breast; view transformation as the natural flow of water.
Release your grip on past regrets; water that has flowed past the mill cannot turn the wheel again.
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it.
Peace is happiness at rest; happiness is peace in motion.
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
To understand the beauty of a river, you have to flow with it, not stand on the bank.
Nothing is permanent in life. Enjoy the change, celebrate the flow.
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