Allan Lokos Quotes

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.

You cannot control the results, only your actions.

Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.

Patience has all the time it needs.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.

The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.

While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along.

That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.

One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

No one looks or feels attractive when angry.

To forgive does not mean to forget.

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.

Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.

Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach.

Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.

We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.

True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.

To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.

We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.