Quotes

There are many quotes that have touched and inspired me with their wisdom over the years, and which influence my life and work. I share some of them below with accompanying images.

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"You are perfect just the way you are... and there is always room for improvement."

— Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

"Wholeness does not mean perfection. It means accepting brokenness as an integral part of life."

– Parker Palmer

"No mud, no lotus."

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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"Caring for oneself, one cares for others. Caring for others, one cares for oneself."

– Samyutta-Nikaya

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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

- Victor Frankl

"All nature, all growth, all joy, all prosperity and beauty in the world is based on patience, needs time, needs silence, needs trust."

– Hermann Hesse