“How many times have I heard it is quality, not quantity?”

“Pay attention. Perhaps through service You might come to know

Adapted from The Rumi Daybook

“If one’s life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.”

Adapted from The Path to Tranquility

“Words by themselves will invariably divide the moment; pure presence lets it be what it is, as it is. When you can be present, you will know the real Presence. I promise you this is true. And it is almost that simple.”

Adapted from The Naked Now

Meditation for the Day “It is the quality of my life that determines its value. In order to judge the value of a person's life, we must set up a standard. The most valuable life is one of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. All people's lives ought to be judged by this standard in determining their value to the world. By this standard, most of the so-called heroes of history were not great men. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, if he loseth his own soul?" Prayer for the Day I pray that I may be honest, pure, unselfish, and loving. I pray that I may make the quality of my life good by these standards.”

Adapted from Twenty-Four Hours a Day© 1975 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.