Freedom - 3 views
To be free, you have to let go of hate. (Jonathan Sacks)
Bitterness & Hatred - 4 views
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. (Nelson Mandela)
Against The Current - 4 views
"At the very root of becoming a human being is the active acknowledgment and responsiveness to other beings as independent intelligence's. This must be done against the prevailing current of our o...
The Maturity of the Human Soul - 4 views
Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the matu...
Listening - 3 views
Listen with affection to anyone who talks, be in their shoes when they talk, try to know them without your mind pressing against theirs, or arguing, or changing the subject. This person is showing ...
Sincerity - 5 views
Sincerity is being oneself without thinking of oneself. Self-forgetfulness is at the heart of sincerity. (Arthur Henry King)
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Paradox of Self Worth - 5 views
The paradox of self-worth: 'There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life, we gain enormously in self-assurance. The confidence of the selfless, even those who practice u...
Caring - 4 views
So, if this were indeed my final hour, these would be my words to you. I would not claim to pass on any secret of life... or any wisdom except the passionate plea of caring... Try to feel, in your ...
Whom Should I Fear? - 3 views
Of all deceivers fear most yourself. (Søren Kierkegaard)
A Little Kierkegaard To Start The Week! - 9 views
Gotta love Kierkegaard!
Honesty - 4 views
Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and r...
Honesty - 4 views
Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself. (Sydney J. Harris)
Vanity - 6 views
When the natural weakness and imperfection of human understanding is considered, with the unavoidable influences of education, custom, books and company, upon our ways of thinking, I imagine a pers...
Creativity - 6 views
Love it - thanks Gail!
started by Mingaile Taber on 26 Jun 14
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Freedom - 3 views
Our freedom lies deeper than we imagine. Not only do we choose our response to people and conditions in our lives, we choose how we see them in the first place. (The Choice, Arbinger)
The Measure of our Greatness - 4 views
Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to ge...
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