The Believer Is Happy. The Doubter Is Wise. Quotes

If you want to die happily, learn to live;
if you would live happily, learn to die. - Celio Calcagnini

He who delights in understanding the material world is not a Sage.
He who has personal attachments is not humane.
He who calculates the time of his actions is not wise.
He who does not know the interaction of benefit and harm is not a superior man.
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
He who loses his life and is not true to himself can never be a master of man..
- from The Book of Chuang Tzu

We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

If you light a lamp for someone else,
it will also brighten your own path.

Sekiso, a famous Zen teacher, asked:
"A man sits on top of a hundred-foot pole.
How can he go farther up?"

A master answered:
"He should reach for enlightenment.
Then he can stand up into all four corners of the sky at once."