JEAN de la FONTAINE. 1621-1695 Fabalist “The Fox and the Crow”
ALL THE BRAINS IN THE WORLD are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
PATIENCE AND TIME DO MORE THAN STRENGTH OR PASSION.
MAN is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
NO FAVOR CAN WIN GRATITUDE FROM A CAT.
EVERYONE BELIEVES very easily whatever they fear or desire.
TO LIVE LIGHTHEARTEDLY but not recklessly, to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bolt; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism — this is the art of living.
BEWARE, SO LONG AS YOU LIVE, OF JUDGING MEN BY THEIR OUTWARD APPEARANCE.
ECKHART TOLLE. from Facebook
SEE IF YOU CAN CATCH YOURSELF COMPLAINING in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
FROM a distance it is something, and nearby it is nothing.
WU HSIN from Facebook don’t know who he is but seems great.
THE INHERENT NATURE OF MIND IS TO PROCESS THOUGHT.
TO ATTEMPT the cessation of thought goes against what is natural.
THE GOAL, therefore, is not the cessation of thought.
THE GOAL IS CESSATION OF IDENTIFICATION WITH THOUGHT.
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN
EVERY SOUL HAS A DEFINITE TASK, and the fulfillment of each individual purpose can alone lead us aright; ILLUMINATION comes to us through the medium of our own talent.
LEO TOLSTOY
IF YOU FEEL PAIN YOU’RE ALIVE. If you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being.
RUMI
THIS SILENCE, THIS MOMENT, EVERY MOMENT, IF IT’S GENUINELY INSIDE YOU, BRINGS WHAT YOU NEED.
ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS. 1926-2004 “On Death and Dying”
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of the life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO EMOTIONS: LOVE AND FEAR. All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear. From love flows happiness, contentment, peace and joy. From fear comes anger, hate, anxiety and guilt. It’s true that there are only two primary emotions, love and fear. But it’s more accurate to say that there is only love or fear, for we cannot feel these two emotions together, at exactly the same time. They’re opposites. If we’re in fear, we are not in a place of love. When we’re in a place of love, we cannot be in a place of fear.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE STAINED — GLASS WINDOWS. THEY SPARKLE and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
LEARN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SILENCE WITHIN YOURSELF, and know that everything in life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
REAL LOVE DOESN’T DIE. It’s the physical body that dies. Genuine, authentic love has no expectations whatsoever; It doesn’t even need the phyical presence of a person. . . . Even when he is dead and buried that part of you that loves the person will always live.
WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, one of the most important relationships in your life is with your Soul. Will you be kind and loving to you Soul or will you be harsh and difficult? Many of us unknowingly damage our Souls with our negative attitudes and actions or by simple neglect. By making the relationship with your Soul and important part of your life, however, by honoring it in your daily routine, you give your life greater meaning and substance. Use your experiences–all of them– as opportunities to nourish your Soul.
BEST WISHES TO ALL SOULS