“If you are not building rooms where wisdom can be openly spoken, you are building a prison.”
- Shams of
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“There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Gratitude consists of being more aware of what you have, than what you don’t.
- Unknown
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable.”
- Bob Hope
“A sense of concern for others' well-being brings inner strength and self confidence.”
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
To the lamp of love: may it burn brightest in the darkest hours and never flicker in the winds of trial.
~ Unknown
“Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.”
- Crystal Middlemas
“Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.”
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
- St. Francis de Sales
“The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.”
- Madame Marie du Deffand
“We are not here on earth to see through each other, we are here to see each other through.”
~ Unknown
“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”
~ Virginia Satir
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
~ Eric Hoffer
“Sometimes all it takes to make a difference in your community is to be the person who is willing to try.”
~ Becca Robison
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
- St. Francis de Sales
“You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself.”
~ Harry Palmer
“Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out”
- John Wooden
“We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking that created them.”
~ Albert Einstein
“It is not important how we come to the events in our lives...what is important is how we deal with those events.”
~ Troy Evans
“Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.”
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in love with God.”
- Mother Teresa
“Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.”
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
