INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES Series....
Inspirational Quotes

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Cicero

Good, the more communicated grows.
John Milton

...and then the day came when the risk
to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk
it took to blossom.
Anais Nin

My religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, forgiveness.
The Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.
The Dalai Lama

Most men pursue pleasure
with such breathless haste
they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard

There is a saying in the Buddhist tradition:
"You can explore the universe looking for somebody
who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself,
and you will not find that person anywhere."
Sharon Salzberg

In India when we meet and part we often say “Namaste,”
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,
I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.
Namaste`
Ram Dass, Grist for the Mill

Until he extends his circle of compassion
to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:
If there is any reaction, both are transformed.
C.G. Jung

To be nobody ~ but yourself~
in a world that is doing its best, night and day,
to make you everybody else ~
means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.
e. e. cummings

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,
nor the kindly smile,
nor the joy of companionship;
it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one
when you discover that someone else believes in you
and is willing to trust you with a friendship.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, adapted

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot survive.
The Dalai Lama

We are here on earth to do good for others.
What the others are here for, I don't know.
W. H. Auden

Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings,
But contemplate their return.

Each separate being in the universe
returns to the common source.
Returning to the source is serenity.

If you don’t realize the source,
you stumble in confusion and sorrow.
When you realize where you come from,
you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused,
kindhearted as a grandmother,
dignified as a king,
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao,
you can deal with whatever life brings you,
and when death comes, you are ready.
Lao Tzu

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
Compared with what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

To transform the world,
we must begin with ourselves.
However small may be the world we live in,
if we can transform ourselves,
bring about a radically different point of view in our daily existence,
then perhaps we shall affect the world at large,
the extended relationships with others.
J. Krishnamurti

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell

We do not receive wisdom,
we must discover it for ourselves,
after a journey through the wilderness
which no one else can make for us,
which no one can spare us,
for our wisdom is the point of view
from which we come at last to regard the world.
Marcel Proust

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
to front only the essential facts of life,
and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,
and not, when I came to die,
discover that I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau, 'Walden'

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth.
Thich Nhat Hanh

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau

Once we have the condition of peace and joy in us,
we can afford to be in any situation.
Even in the situation of hell,
We will be able to contribute our peace and serenity.
The most important thing is for each of us to have
some freedom in our heart,
some stability in our heart,
some peace in our heart.
Only then will we be able to relieve the suffering around us.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Without an integrated understanding of life,
our individual and collective problems
will only deepen and extend.
The purpose of education
is not to produce mere scholars, technicians and job hunters,
but integrated men and women who are free of fear;
for only between such human beings
can there be enduring peace.
J. Krishnamurti

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