“No, we don’t always have to have the answer, but you have to be able to endure. I lost 30 friends during the storm. It’s almost a situation where you feel helpless, but I just couldn’t allow myself to break. I had to be strong. I’m going to still cry, though, because my tears don’t… Continue reading Enduring, Hope, Tragedy, Overcoming Suffering, Crying
Category: Quotes
Optimism, Faith, Purpose
“Men [and women] often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Transcendence, Awareness, Vision
“If the doors to perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake
Intellect, Independence
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.” – Albert Einstein
Transcendence
“Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, so compelling that when – in a decade, a century or a millenium – we grasp it, we will say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so blind for so long?” – John Archibald Wheeler
Diplomacy, Conflict
“Work on your diplomatic skills and avoid conflict at all costs.” – found inside fortune cookie (20071210mo)
Wisdom
“Take some time to really listen to your inner wisdom.” – found inside fortune cookie, MJ (20071210mo)
Twice Alive
“In a relationship where both people are highly compatible and almost identical in their way of living, it is possible to feel twice alive. As you share books, food, movies, photography, music, and other areas of life, those things that you would have enjoyed, but perhaps not known about, will come into your life —… Continue reading Twice Alive
Thoughts, Thought Life
“We tend to take ownership of every thought that comes to mind. Stray thoughts are like stray cats passing by our home. We see them, but they aren’t ours until we take them in and feed them. The thoughts we take in and feed, those are the ones we take ownership of and responsibility for.”… Continue reading Thoughts, Thought Life
Quotes on Youth
“The remembrance of youth is a sigh.” – Wise Saying from the Orient, found on Good Earth tea bag (20071012fr)
Kindness
“The only tool you need is kindness.” – Quote found on Yogi Tea bag (20070928fr0830)
Making Decisions
“When making a decision, choice, or taking action, consider the short term and long term impact as well as how it will effect people near and far. Is it best for everyone involved? When considering the small circle of people closest to us, in the short term something may seem like a good thing. However,… Continue reading Making Decisions