All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Buddha

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Buddha

I am a part of all that I have met. 

Famous Saying by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Faith

Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble and
Success keeps you glowing,
but only Faith and Attitude keeps you going...

Nothing Exists

Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master
after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to
show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient
beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is
emptiness. There is no realization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity.
There is no giving and nothing to be received."

Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he
whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth
quite angry.

"If nothing exists," inquired Dokuon, "where did this anger come from?"

Die without blinking an Eye

During the civil wars in feudal Japan, an invading army would
quickly sweep into a town and take control. In one particular
village, everyone fled just before the army arrived - everyone
except the Zen master. Curious about this old fellow, the
general went to the temple to see for himself what kind of man
this master was. When he wasn't treated with the deference
and submissiveness to which he was accustomed, the general
burst into anger. "You fool," he shouted as he reached for his
sword, "don't you realize you are standing before a man who
could run you through without blinking an eye!" But despite the
threat, the master seemed unmoved. "And do you realize," the
master replied calmly, "that you are standing before a man
who can be run through without blinking an eye?"

Tea or Iron

The Zen master Hakuin used to tell his students about an old
woman who owned a tea shop in the village. She was skilled
in the tea ceremony, Hakuin said, and her understanding of Zen
was superb. Many students wondered about this and went to
the village themselves to check her out. Whenever the old
woman saw them coming, she could tell immediately whether
they had come to experience the tea, or to probe her grasp
of Zen. Those wanting tea she served graciously. For the others
wanting to learn about her Zen knowledge, she hid until they
approached her door and then attacked them with a fire poker.
Only one out of ten managed to escape her beating.