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Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected
in a cosmic religion for the future:
It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology;
it covers both the natural and the spiritual,
and it is based on a religious sense
aspiring from the experience of all things,
natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
- Albert Einstein
It is a characteristic of wisdom
not to do desperate things.
- Henry David Thoreau
All endeavor calls for the ability
to tramp the last mile,
shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil.
The fight to the finish spirit is the one...
characteristic we must posses
if we are to face the future as finishers.
- Henry David Thoreau
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
You can make more friends in two months
by becoming interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying
to get other people interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.
- Frank Herbert
Life does not consist mainly,
or even largely, of facts or happenings.
It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts
that is forever flowing through one's head.
- Mark Twain
Today is a day to honor other cultures.
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When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie
Oh yes, the past can hurt.
But, you can either run from it or, learn from it.
- the movie The Lion King
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
Offense comes not from the mouth, but from the ear.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
- Oprah Winfrey
The power of intuitive understanding
will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
- Lao Tzu
It is neither wealth nor splendor;
but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson
No written law has ever been more binding
than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
- Carrie Chapman Catt
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone
what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Question every assumption and expectation.
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Is today a day to gather strength from the storm -
a day to to learn life lessons for the next battle?
Or is today a day to sit by the fire
and watch the storm rage outside?
Either way, the storm is just life.
Give thanks for all of Life.
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The most erroneous stories are those
we think we know best -
and therefore never scrutinize or question.
- Stephen Jay Gould
Regret is an appalling waste of energy,
you can't build on it - it's only good for wallowing in.
- Katherine Mansfield
I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein
No one is in control of your happiness but you;
therefore, you have the power to change anything
about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara De Angelis
I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer
Our loved ones -
whether by blood, by marriage, or by choice -
are delicate treasures.
If we hold them too close, they break -
as a butterfly would.
By honoring and enjoying
the freedom of our loved ones,
we gain our own freedom.
Have the courage to trust that
the beautiful butterflies of your life
will return - or not - as life intends.
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Not until we are lost
do we begin to understand ourselves.
- Henry David Thoreau
Life is now.
There was never a time when your life was not now,
nor will there ever be.
- Eckhart Tolle
Imagination decides everything.
- Blaise Pascal
"I" is a non-stop storyteller, spinning tales
of the past, the present and the future -
constantly editing, interpreting
and directing this inner movie.
- Josh Baran
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby
"Sometimes," said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
We cannot change anything until we accept it.
- Carl Jung
Pain is what the world inflicts upon us.
Suffering is our emotional reaction when we fail
to make the difficult conscious choice to choose Joy.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
- Harold Wilson
None of us is perfect - and that's OK.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another;
there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
- Carl Jung
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
- Charlotte Bronte
We disrespect ourselves and our free-will
whenever we say that we NEED to do something.
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Real excellence and humility are
not incompatible one with the other,
on the contrary they are twin sisters.
- Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
We cannot change anything until we accept it.
Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
- Carl Jung
It is not work that kills men; it is worry.
Worry is rust upon the blade.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses;
Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I can't go back to yesterday -
because I was a different person then.
- Lewis Carroll
Nothing other people do is because of you.
It is because of themselves
- don Miguel Ruiz
Knowing your own darkness is the best method
for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
- Carl Jung
Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Life is NOT a constant emergency.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
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Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW
is only a small step and quickly taken.
- Mark Twain
Where there is no emotion,
there is no motive for violence.
- the character Spock in the Star Trek television series
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
- Lao Tzu
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things.
- Robert Brault
The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous
Your inner thoughts reveal your true nature.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you.
You have to go to them sometimes.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Presence requires an internal alertness
to the all and everything surrounding us.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
When you dance, your purpose is not to get
to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way.
- Wayne Dyer
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
revenging one make you but even with him;
forgiving it sets you above him.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not.
- Bono
Free-Will is the key to the prison of the mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A broken bone can heal, but the wound
a word opens can fester forever.
- Jessamyn West
Our stories are the window to our emotions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.
A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being
that places harmony in one's life.
- Peace Pilgrim
We did not change as we grew older;
we just became more clearly ourselves.
- Lynn Hall
You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise
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