Quote of the day

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“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

~ Dalai Lama

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Inspiring Quotes of the Week ~ Kindness

 

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“Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.”

~ Ram Dass

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"Often it is difficult people who are suffering the most and are therefore most in need of compassion."

~ from "The Lost Art of Compassion" by Lorne Ladner

 

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"His Holiness the Dalai Lama often notes that in order to avert war and bring about disarmament in the world we must begin by effecting an inner disarmament."

~ Lorne again

 

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“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action.”

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As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love—even the most simple action. - Tiny Buddha

 

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"Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things."

~ Thomas Merton

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

~ Helen Keller

Quotes on Happiness

 

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"Gratitude is one the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside."

~ Barry Neale Kaufman

 

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"Love every leaf. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 

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"The easiest way to conquer ego is to offer gratitude to God for five minutes daily. Then you will feel that inside you a sweet, fragrant and beautiful flower is growing. That is the flower of humility."

~ Sri Chinmoy

 

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"Peace begins within each of us. It is a process of repeatedly showing mercy to ourselves, forgiving ourselves, befriending ourselves, accepting ourselves and loving ourselves."

~ John Dear

 

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"A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone."

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Wisdom Quotes

 

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"You fall, you rise, you make mistakes, you live, you learn. You’re human, not perfect. You’ve been hurt, but you’re alive. Think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to chase the things you love. Sometimes there is sadness in our journey, but there is also lots of beauty. We must keep putting one foot in front of the other even when we hurt, for we will never know what is waiting for us just around the bend."

~ Unknown source

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Love Archives - Tiny Buddha

 

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"Life is a mystery – mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery."

~ Amit Ray

 

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"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded."

~ Buddha

 

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"People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further."

~ Pema Chodron

 

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“Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture. To acquire happiness you don't have to do anything, because happiness cannot be acquired. Does anybody know why? Because we have it already. How can you acquire what you already have? Then why don't you experience it? Because you've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. Do you know where these things come from? From having identified with all kinds of labels!”

~ Anthony de Mello

 

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"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being."

~ James Faust

Happiness Quotes - BrainyQuote

 

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"Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you - and no one else - that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions."

~ Peter Shepherd

You can find MUCH more at this excellent site -

Words of Wisdom ~ Happiness & Wellbeing

 

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Effortless Peace

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