The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within Quotes

“Even ordinary people like us, we also need the tools for transformation.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“human behavior being inexplicable to rational felines,”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“Whatever is in our mind, we project onto the world outside us. Step by step, if we transform the way we think, especially by letting go of the self-grasping mind, we also transform our reality.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“Serena smiled. “The historical Buddha who lived two and a half thousand years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha, he was a man. But enlightenment is a state beyond being male or female”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“Karmas arise from those mental habits that are strongest, closest, most frequent and most familiar to us. If we are habitually angry, self-centered and cause harm to others, such thoughts an only yield negative karmic outcomes. Conversely, a mind that is peaceful, gentle and benevolent will only produce positive outcomes.

Rejoicing in the successes of others helps us overcome jealousy. We are less likely to be resentful when we understand how the triumphs of others offer a pathway to our own fulfillment.

If we wish to recapture our joie de vivre, we should do something, often, that makes our heart sing. Engage in an activity for no reason other than for the uncomplicated happiness it brings. We may amplify that happiness by reminding ourselves that whatever bliss we experience comes not from the music or the water or the creative expression itself, but from our mind. It is the positive result of a cause created in the distant past, by the unknown being we once were.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“Our life as a human being with some leisure and good fortune is not to be squandered. It’s an opportunity that’s rare and priceless. When we truly know this, we are profoundly grateful for the potential that each day brings.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“What a stroke of good luck to be harvesting the fruits of a life once well lived.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“The value of a life is determined not by its length, but by what you do with it.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“For in giving, we receive.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“the act of imagining how an ideal self might be is the start of its manifestation.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“We paint the world with our thoughts,”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“I am how I am because all this is how it is. Each a different aspect of the same reality.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“We are manifestations of the earth, the air, the water and the sun.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“The pursuit of perfection required rigor and discipline.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“mind that is peaceful, gentle and benevolent will only produce positive outcomes.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“The awesome privilege of being healthy and free to choose how to spend our time.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“We are beyond being helped, even by other more realized beings, unless we are in a receptive mental state.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“If it’s transformation we seek, the feeling of giving must be authentic. It must touch our heart.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“Whatever is on our mind, we project onto the world outside us.”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama's Cat Awaken the Kitten Within

“phytoncides”
― David Michie, The Dalai Lama’s Cat Awaken the Kitten Within