Quotes
The following are quotes I love and hold onto dearly, especially during tough times. I am by no means perfect, and it is during those less-than-perfect moments when I find it necessary to turn to the masters for inspiration.
An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.
A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
The best place to seek God is in the garden... you can dig for Him there.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
Every artist was first an amateur.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
For me there is only traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it…
Men have died for this music. You can’t get more serious than that.
It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
Women and rhythm-section first!
I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.
Master your instrument, Master the music, and then forget all that *!xy!@ and just play.
Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.
I kept thinking there’s bound to be something else?. I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn’t play it.
Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.
Before we can find peace among nations, we must find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you are still a rat.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails.
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.
Silence is the potential from which music can arise.
Our task must be to widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
The dictionary is the only place that 'success' comes before 'work'.
Let us accept all the different paths as different rivers running toward the same ocean.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Under no circumstances should you lose hope.
If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The only thing permanent is change.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
An ounce of practice is worth tons of preaching.
Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the 1 derived from fear of punishment.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
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Carlos is a professional musician living in the San Diego area. He specializes in drums & piano, and loves to perform Jazz and songs from The Great American Songbook.