There is no self. There is nobody home. No forwarding address, no zip code. Address unknown. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz Unhappiness is really an incorrect way of seeing. When we are unhappy we don't see life as it really is. We are in a condition of veiled light, of shadows. Frederick Lenz buddhismlighthappiness Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious of the truth. Frederick Lenz buddhismnicehappiness Discrimination means keeping the negative and unhappy thoughts away and allowing the pretty thoughts to come inside you. Frederick Lenz buddhismhappinessmean You must constantly check that you are meditating properly, and not become, what Clint Eastwood refers to as, "a legend in your own mind." Frederick Lenz buddhismmindhappiness Don't just sit there. Go do something and don't expect that it's going to be fun unless you make it fun. You have got to work on things. That is when you are happy. Frederick Lenz buddhismfunhappiness Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of. Frederick Lenz postponingbuddhismhappiness The worst thing you can do is to sit and brood and feel sorry for yourself. Nor should you feel wrong about doing this, since all of us do from time to time. Frederick Lenz buddhismsorryhappiness The nuns taught me that the best thing you can do in life when things get difficult is to work. Frederick Lenz taughtbuddhismhappiness To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems. Frederick Lenz occupy-yourselfbuddhismhappiness Take a yoga class, study different forms of self-discovery. Some people are crazy and fanatical, avoid them. People who are balanced and calm and introspective, associating with them will raise your energy level. Frederick Lenz crazyyogahappiness Walk in nature. Take the time to be still. Practicing arts, arranging flowers, doing some drawing, working on a computer, brings a sense of stillness into your life. Frederick Lenz flowerhappinessart Find things that make you feel still, that make you feel good. Frederick Lenz buddhismfeel-goodhappiness Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be happy, why not? Frederick Lenz buddhismmindhappiness Forget that you are anybody and just perform the activities around you. Look at them. Watch what you are doing, my God! Life is right in front of you, and it's great. Frederick Lenz buddhismmindfulnesshappiness Focus on beauty all day long. Realize how incredibly beautiful your life is. How incredibly beautiful it is to feel, to look around, to be, to experience all this wonder. Frederick Lenz buddhismbeautifulhappiness You have to be courageous in life to allow a lightness to engage your being. It is easy to be a jerk. To be unhappy with all this weird stuff around us just seems to me to be such a waste. That's a jerk. Frederick Lenz buddhismunhappyhappiness Practice smiling for five minutes. Stop trying to meditate. Just smile. Let your smile get bigger and bigger. Oh, you're unhappy, you're miserable, nothing is working in life, it doesn't matter. Smile anyway. Frederick Lenz buddhismpracticehappiness When you laugh at the world, the world dissolves. Frederick Lenz buddhismhappinesslaughing Smile sometimes when things aren't going well, and maybe realize when they aren't going well, they are. Frederick Lenz buddhismhappinesssometimes Pain and frustration vanish in the sunlight of your smile. Frederick Lenz buddhismpainhappiness
