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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities."

~ William Arthur Ward

Friendship Love Quotes
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"A friend is someone who knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."

~ William Shakespeare
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”

~James Baraz
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“Mindfulness allows the poetry of the moment by moment experience to re-write itself, to gracefully change its theme from one of suffering to one of ease and peace.”

~ John Teasdale & Michael Chaskalson
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.”

~ Sidney J. Harris
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”

~ Groucho Marx

Plenty more quotes at this site -

Awesome Quotes on Life
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All the Things That Could Go Wrong."

~ Marianne Williamson

Try a Google of the following - turns up a few - yet 2 fully explore them ...

101 happiness quotes

Enjoy!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"As we deepen our sense of ease with ourselves, the fundamental wounding to our self-identity will soften. This softening leads to a greater inner space that can more naturally respond to others. While we are caught in our wounded self-preoccupations, we have no space for others. An inner atmosphere of compassion and acceptance slowly softens the rigidity of our wounding. As we become less self-preoccupied we begin to find a capacity to respond to others, and we may discover that we are able to be present, compassionate, and caring without judging. Our compassion grows as we allow others to be who they are with their faults and struggles, their unique qualities and gifts."

~ from "The Wisdom of Imperfection" by Rob Preece

Quotations on: Compassion, Loving-kindness
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world. Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, and to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. To develop this mind state of compassion ... is to learn to live, as the Buddha put it, with sympathy for all living beings, without exception."

~ Sharon Salzberg, from 'Loving-kindness'
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
One child asked, "Can you bend spoons with your mind?" Another asked, "Has God ever talked to you?" They were very disappointed when I said, "No." I went on to explain that for me a real true miracle is becoming a kind human being. If you have psychic powers but lack a kind heart, the powers are of no use. In fact, they could even be disadvantageous: people may get very upset if they find all their spoons have been bent!

~ Thubten Chodron
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people."

~ Dennis Prager
 
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