Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
—Unknown
You can’t expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
—Unknown
Did you know that there are no straight lines in the universe? Life doesn’t travel in perfectly straight lines. It moves more like a winding river. More often than not, you can only see to the next bend, and only when you reach that next turn can you see more.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
I also have in mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
The greatest happiness that you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
—William Saroyan (1908–81) American Playwright, Novelist
If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you’ve made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.
—Anonymous
To love is like playing the piano. First, you must learn to play by the rules. Then, you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
—Unknown
That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Smile; If you can’t lift the corners, let the middle sag.
—Unknown
Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me. All is well in my life.
—Louise Hay (1926–2017) American Self-Help Author, Speaker
Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It’s the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They’re not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
The successful man is the average man, focused.
—Unknown
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
—Unknown
You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
—George Chapman (c.1560–1634) English Poet, Playwright
The knowledge that you can handle anything that comes your way is the key to allowing yourself to take healthy, life-affirming risks.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love last forever.
—Unknown
To fly as fast as thought. To be Anywhere there is; you must first begin by knowing that you have already arrived
—Richard Bach (b.1936) American Writer, Aviator
Knowledge is power. Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge—broad, deep knowledge—is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man’s progress is to feel the great heartthrobs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
—Unknown
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, nd we are never ever the same.
—Flavia Weedn
The Unseen One, featureless, unthinkable, undefinable by name. Whose Substance is the certitude of One Self, in Whom world-existence is stilled, Who is all peace and bliss – that is the Self, that is what be known.
—The Upanishads Sacred Books of Hinduism
Make a decision that from now on, your thoughts do not run you, you run your thoughts. From now on, your mind is not the captain of your ship, you are the captain of the ship, and your mind works for you.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
If you listen to the Chatterbox, your experience of life is fear-producing, and you stop yourself from expanding. If you listen to the Higher Self, your experience of life is joyful and abundant and devoid of fear. You, like everyone else, are an expert at listening to your Chatterbox. Your task is now to become an expert at listening to your Higher Self. Then true choice will be possible.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
Do you know anyone who hasn’t changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then it will return to air and earth. We’re all like that, constantly changing. It’s simply honest to report that you’ve changed your mind when you have. When you’re afraid of what people will think if you speak honestly, that’s where you become confused.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Seeing God without seeing the Self, one sees only mental image. Only he who has seen Himself has seen God, since he has lost individuality, and now sees nothing but God.
—Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian Hindu Mystic
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