Favorite Quotes

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away. - Chuang Tzu

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - Lord Buddha

"If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one to share the beauty of the stars with, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the JOY of each other, the JOY of challenge, the JOY of growth."
-- Mitsugi Saotome

in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make


Spock & Rivershine has got me thinking of the Beatles. Lol!

Every time you decide, you kill off infinite other lives you could have lived.
- Dresden Codak

If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker. - Albert Einstein after the development of the atomic bomb.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anais Nin)

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not."- Kurt Cobain.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.- Rabindranath Tagore

The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some
superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep
it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness
with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something
immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost
paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater
than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name and form.

~ Eckhart Tolle

When all else fails in life....look within your heart and you will see their is no failure in life, just gain in acknowledgement of your own failings.

Live through feeling
and you will live through love.
For feeling is
the language of the soul,
and feeling is truth.

Fear is just a crutch that tries to hold you back

I have learned not to worry about love;
But to honor its coming with all my heart.
-- Alice Walker

Go out of your way to make others happy. You cannot please everybody, but to those souls who cross your path, give kindness and love. - Yogananda

Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another’s personhood.

Karen Casey

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” — Robert Muller, Assistant Secretary - General of the United States

Never fight with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.”
Walter Anderson quotes

Alethia wrote:I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.”
Walter Anderson quotes

It would be wonderful to be able to do this. Sometimes it's easier said than done though, especially in extreme situations.

yeah, my wife thought that quote was impossible...but I like it...I may not be able to do so all of the time though.

The impossible - what nobody can do until somebody does”

frmthhrt wrote:

Now thats what I call.........and nod of approval..lol!!

The only thing that I know is that I know nothing. - Socrates

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd be millionaires. - Abigail Van Buren.

With people, as with pies, the upper crust is often the weakest. - P.K Shaw.

Abundance is not something we acquire but something we tune into - Wayne Dyer

It's easier to fight for one's principals than to live up to them. - Alfred Adler.

Hold your head too high and you will stumble over unseen obstacles. J.D Boatwood.

Before you judge someone, first walk a mile in their shoes. By then you're a mile away AND have their shoes.