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...
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)
Blindness - 2 views
How easy it is to blind ourselves to our own wrongdoing by pointing to the wrongdoing of others. (C. Terry Warner, Bonds That Make Us Free)
Blindness - 11 views
I love Kierkegaard!
We choose who wins - 11 views
Awesome!
Forgiveness - 6 views
I thought it applies to many areas in life, including forgiveness: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." ~ Chinese Proverb
Grateful - 2 views
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. (David Steindl-Rast)
Change - 3 views
Human beings may not be eager to change, but we have the ability to change, and the fact that many of our self-protective delusions and blind spots are built into the way the brain works is no just...
Your Yardstick - 2 views
When nobody around you seems to measure up, it's time to check your yardstick. (Bill Lemley)
Happiness - 4 views
Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. (Henry David Thoreau)
Humility - 2 views
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. (T. S. Eliot)
It Is Never Too Late! - 4 views
It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on ...
Self-Pity - 4 views
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem s...
Self-Betrayal - 4 views
When we betray ourselves and shift responsibility onto others by means of our accusing thoughts and feelings, we believe it is their mistreatment of us that leads us to accuse them. This is the sel...
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...
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. ...
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...
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)
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...
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