Humility, Tears, Beauty, Adversity, Hatred/Peace and other sayings
~Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) - Santee Sioux
We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion.
~Sogoyewapha, (Red Jacket), Seneca 1752-1830
“For hatred is corrosive of a person’s wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation’s spirit, instigate brutal life-and-death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity. I hope therefore … to counter the hostility of the regime with the best of intentions, and defuse hate with love.”
- Liu Xiaobo, a literature professor, essayist, and dissident, awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. (Source: Los Angeles Times)
“All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.” - Thomas A. Kempis
"To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against."- Christina Baldwin
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~John Vance Cheney
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. ~Laurence J. Peter
Humility dismisses nothing, rather, it takes even small things into consideration. It recognises that whatever life presents, needs to be respected. Small things are easily found in something big, but inside little things there is often greatness. ~Innerspace
Humility means to understand the self and through that to understand others as well. Humility is the attitude where a person is not attached to his or her opinion and feelings. Humility is the most natural expression of truth. It helps in better understanding of truth. Humility is the basis for maintaining self-respect. Humility does not mean bowing down and being subservient to others. Humility allows you to see benefit in everything. Developing humility brings a lot of comfort and ease into your life. ~Innerspace
Anger is weakness. Tolerance is bravery. Humility makes you strong. ~Innerspace
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.... Accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields....
~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom
Let my eyes be a mirror for others, reflecting only the best and finest qualities. -~Innerspace
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. ~ Confucius
So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbours to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.
Accept everything about yourself .I mean everything,you are you and that is the beginning and the end no apologies, no regrets. ~Clark Moustakas
Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a world of peace around you. ~Innerspace
It is possible to give away and become richer! It is also possible to hold on too tightly and lose everything. Yes, the liberal man shall be rich! By watering others, he waters himself. - From the Bible, Proverbs 11:24-25
Sow a thought and reap a deed, Sow a deed and reap a habit,Sow a habit and reap a character,Sow a character and reap a destiny. ~Innerspace
It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. ~Anthony Robbins
In this world the greatest courage is to drop the mind aside. The bravest man is who can see the world without the barrier of the mind, just as it is. It is tremendously different, utterly beautiful. There is nobody who is inferior and there is nobody who is superior -- there are no distinctions. ~Osho
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