All Quotes By Tag: Words-to-live-by
“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”
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“Human self-image thrives on physical attractiveness, athletic ability, a worthwhile occupation; I worked to give those gifts to injured fliers in Britain and leprosy patients in India and now America. But, paradoxically, any of those desirable qualities may raise a barrier against the image of God, for virtually any quality that a person can rely on makes it more difficult for that person to rely on the spirit of God…Initially, I found this insight into the nature of Christ’s Body jarring, perhaps because it brought a gnawing awareness that I had often sought to surround myself with the successful, the intelligent, and the beautiful. Too often I had judged by the image of people rather than the image of God.”
“Life is just a slide. Back and forth between loving and leaving, remembering and forgetting, holding on and letting go.”
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“Eventually, it boils down to two choices – do I wish to experience this physical reality primarily through joy or do I want to experience it through suffering? That’s all there is to it. And since each person eventually works their way toward the realization that conscious expansion can happen through joy rather than suffering – enlightenment is a natural byproduct.”
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“Wherever you may go; Life is a beautiful thing. Life is like a passing season. It comes and go. Whatever may come, it’s better to enjoy the changing seasons.”
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“No matter how good you are, chances are that others can hate you the most but you don’t always have to care about what other’s think of you. Just do good, be good and spread smiles.”
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“Your life is a movie. You are the main character. You say your scripts and act to your lines. Of course you do your lines in each scene. There is a hidden camera and a director who you can ask for help anytime up above.”
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
“Believe in yourself, Give your best to everything and know that your one failure is not final.”
“Let the flowers of wisdom befall your life with your experience, let the love speak of its shadow from within.”
“I am more interested in the insecure transparency in you than the pretentious character. Naked is surreal, it may make you feel vulnerable for a while yet it will take us on a journey worth remembering.”
“Words make it possible for our thoughts to travel through time and survive us.”
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“With the Five Gifts, we can solve our problems without shooting each other.”
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“There is no such thing as “it can’t happen here.”
“There is a price for forgetting and remembering. Forgetting as a form of escape deprives us of what the Five Gifts can offer––humility, patience, empathy, forgiveness, and growth.”