Generosity - 5 views
Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are. (Patti Digh)
A Common Delusion - 4 views
People everywhere are deluded by the superstition that their happiness rests with other people and with outward things, and, as a result, they live in continual disappointments, regrets, and lament...
Changing Your Mind - 4 views
Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind. It can be disorienting to say, 'I don't know.' But it's infinitely more rewarding to understand than to be right - even if that means ...
The Truth - 3 views
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. (Virginia Woolf)
Condemnation - 5 views
I have always been mystified by the speed with which people condemn one another... This seems to give them intense pleasure. Whenever I am tempted by this pleasure, I remember some impulse in mysel...
A Little Wisdom from Tolkien - 5 views
For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own wrongs and follies; and realize that people's hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as bad as thei...
False Images - 3 views
Unless we are very, very careful, we doom each other by holding onto images of one another based on preconceptions that are in turn based on indifference to what is other than ourselves... I notice...
When I Am Receptive - 7 views
Nice sentiment, very Zen.
Don't Lie to Yourself - 5 views
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect fo...
Gratitude - 5 views
Gratitude is not a platitude. It is not, 'Oh, well, I could have it worse, so I really should be grateful.' It's not even, 'Wow, look how good I've got it, I sure am thankful for my good fortune.' ...
The Paradox of Control - 6 views
The paradox of control: Individuals who scramble to control or dominate or manipulate one another in order to get what they think they want, are in reality giving themselves over to another's contr...
Your Confession - 6 views
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Anger - 4 views
So true! Thank you.
The Arbinger Conference - 3 views
I've been at the Arbinger Conference in Utah the past two days. What an incredible experience. So much to share - they have really done a great job at re-writing the material. It is sharper, sim...
Peace - 3 views
Always run after opportunities to create peace between people, to find ways to bridge differences, please... Close the space between you and someone today. Seeing their essential goodness helps a l...
For You Teachers Out There - 5 views
Awesome use of the Pygmalion effect! I love it.
started by Joe Bennett on 11 Nov 14
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Empathy - 4 views
I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization. (Roger Ebert)
When I Am Wrong - 5 views
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-de...
The Beauty of a Soul - 5 views
The soul becomes much more beautiful when it can see its own weaknesses. (adapted, Toba Beta)
The Great Secret - 4 views
The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if there are no thi...
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