Trying to change another - 4 views
It is simply futile to try to change another if we do so in a critical spirit, even a mild one. Generally speaking, we influence others most profoundly when we do not seek to change them at all, bu...
A Real Person - 3 views
When we see another as a real person, we are not prone to making assessments and judgments - it is best described as uncritical receptivity. There is no agenda (and therefore no control or coercion...
Another's Humanity - 3 views
Without opening ourselves to another's humanity, we cannot get ourselves emotionally unstuck no matter how we might try. We cannot do it by denying or repressing our feelings or by willing ourselve...
Reflections - 4 views
Though I might travel afar, I will meet... what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see... ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and actions are reflections of our own....
In Honor of Maya Angelou - 9 views
I really liked #1 and #2 quotes. Thank you.
Perpetual Ignorance - 2 views
The recipe for perpetual ignorance: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. (Elbert Hubbard)
As Other See Us - 4 views
It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our cr...
From The Outside - 3 views
What appears to be sheer selfishness, malice, or even abusiveness from the outside is on the inside deep insecurity, deep worry, and deep fear. (C. Terry Warner)
Greatness - 5 views
I believe that the first test of a great person is humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of one's own power. But really great people have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, bu...
How Others See Us - 5 views
It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our cr...
Judgement - 3 views
Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own faults and to the mercy which others are just as entitled to as we are. (Dietrich Bonhoe...
The One Responsibility - 4 views
There is one responsibility which no one can evade; that responsibility is our personal influence, a silent, subtle radiation. This radiation is tremendous. Every person who lives in this world wie...
The Adventure! - 4 views
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a person's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. ...
What We Know - 4 views
We can never know everything, and part of what we do know will likely be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing this. A portion of courage lies in going on...
Suffering - 4 views
The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you...
Beauty - 4 views
My mother would say to me, "You can't eat beauty. It doesn't feed you." And these words plagued and bothered me, I didn't really understand them until finally I realized that beauty was not a thing...
Generous Listening - 3 views
When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. (Rachel Naomi Remen)
Giving It Away - 2 views
Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others. (Brian Tracy)
Inhumanity - 3 views
It is a remarkable feat to be able to see past the inhumanity of someone's behavior and recognize the humanity of the person committing the atrocity. This is not weakness. This is heroic strength, ...
Fear - 2 views
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears. (Rudyard Kipling)
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