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Quality of Life Truths
"Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness." PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
"What an incredible power we have, to walk through the world, making somebody's day." KRISTA TIPPETT
"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability; it is essential for human survival." H.H. DALAI LAMA
"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination." JOHN SCHAAR
"Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." MELODY BEATTIE
"Behold this day, for it is yours to make." BLACK ELK
"If you light a lamp for someone, it will brighten your own path." BUDDHA
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." LEONARDO DA VINCI
"We may forget with whom we laughed, but not with whom we shared tears." TANSANIAN PROVERB
"Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining." ANNE LAMOTT
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." SIMONE WEIL
"It is the heart that gives; the fingers only let go." HAYA, EAST AFRICA
""Education and intelligence are not synonymous with good judgement."" ANONYMOUS
"Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions." EARL GRAY STEVENS
"The times are urgent; let us slow down." African Saying
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." PROVERB
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony." THOMAS MERTON
"The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose." HEDA BEJAR
"Honor the space between no longer and not yet" NANCY LEVIN
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
"The art of listening is infinitely more powerful than speaking." DONALD VALENTINE
"When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"Beauty is the harvest of presence." DAVID WHYTE
"The grateful heart is a manifestation of one's true self. Nothing sidelines the ego more effectively than a grateful heart." ALBERT NOLAN
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"Life - what an exquisite privilege." KATE RUBINSTEIN
"Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow." KEN WILBER
"It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between." DIANE ACKERMAN
"Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life." SAMUEL ULLMAN
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, but being able to remake ourselves." MAHATMA GANDHI
"To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe." ECKHART TOLLE
"Why not go out on a limb? - Isn't that where the fruit is?" FRANK SCULLY
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom." SOCRATES
"Learn as if you may live forever and live as of you may die tomorrow." attributed to MAHATMA GANDHI
"Joy is the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"You're only as good as the last time you changed your mind." TIMOTHY LEARY
"To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear." MARK NEPRO ~ MARK NEPRO
"What we can grasp gives us knowledge, but that which ‘grabs us' gives us wisdom." Mystic - Bernard of Clairvaux
"Boredom is a lack of attention." FRITZ PERLS
"Music...gives wings to the mind, a soul to the universe, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, a life to everything." PLATO
"The future has many names. For the weak it is unattainable. For the fearful it is the unknown. For the bold it is opportunity." VICTOR HUGO
"At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable." CHRISTOPHER REEVE
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival." RUMI
"Question Authority." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." LAO TZU
"Do not let yesterday use up too much of today." CHEROKEE
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." MARCEL PROUST
"The ornaments of a home are the guests who frequent it." RALPH WALDO EMERSON
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." CARL GUSTAV JUNG
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." MARK TWAIN
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." JANE HOWARD
"There is more genuine religiosity in a heart-to-heart hug than in all the God-talk in the world." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." KAHLIL GIBRAN
"Knowing what must be done does away with fear." ROSA PARKS
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." LAO TZU
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." MAE WEST
"Let me fall if I must. The one I will become will catch me." BAAL SHEM TOV
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
"Where you stumble, there your treasure lies." JOSEPH CAMPBELL
"To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear" MARK NEPO
""Without mask or costume, pretense or apology - take a deep breath - and play life straight."" JOSH BRADY
"A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words." RACHEL NAOMI REMEN
"Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions." HAFIZ
"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." NELSON MANDELA
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." WINSTON CHURCHILL
"The little things? The little moments? They aren't little." JON KABAT-ZINN
"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished" NELSON MANDELA
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." LAO TZU
"Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" BUDDHA
""To defend in advance is to apologize; anything requiring apology is best withdrawn."" FLOYD GILLIS
"At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough." TONI MORRISON
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." BOB MARLEY
"It is not the answer that enlightens but the question." EUGENE IONESCO
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
"Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one." VOLTAIRE
"If you want to go fast, go alone; If you want to go far, go together." AFRICAN PROVERB
"Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." HENRY KAISER
"Remember that failure is an event, not a person." ZIG ZIGLAR
"A friend is a gift you give yourself." ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." WILL ROGERS
"Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy." BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best." DUKE ELLINGTON
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." OMAR KHAYYAM
"It is not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived." ANONYMOUS
"Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open." NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER
"True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire." CESAR CHAVEZ
"It is not the strongest that survive, but the most adaptable to change." DARWIN
"Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal." RUMI
"I felt in need of a great pilgrimage so I sat still for three days." KABIR
"Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." MICHAEL J. GELB
""Every business has two types of equally important investors: stockholders who invest their money and employees who invest their lives."" WALTER WHEELER
"Those who don't yet know the difference between joy and pleasure haven't begun to live." THOMAS MERTON
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." CARL GUSTAV JUNG
"Most people think of love as a feeling, but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." DAVID RICHO
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave." DAKOTA PROVERB
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." WINSTON CHURCHILL
"If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere" ZIG ZIGLAR
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." ANDREW WEIL
"What is madness, but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance." THEODORE ROTHKE
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." MAX LUCADO - Author
"I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom." ANAIS NIN
"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself." RALPH WALDO EMERSON
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." HENRY BOYLE
"May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder." JOHN O'DONOHUE
"The art of listening is infinitely more powerful than speaking." DON VALENTINE
"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
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." DONNA ROBERTS
"A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom." ADYASHANTI
"We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present." MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
"When I count my blessings, I count you twice." IRISH BLESSING
"Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections." BOB MARLEY
"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." H.H. DALAI LAMA
"A bird is safe in its nest — but that is not what its wings are made for." AMIT RAY
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