Quote of the day

[Geoff-Allen]

"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one."

~ Voltaire

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life."

~ Dalai Lama

http://www.rudyh.org/dalai-lama-quotes-quotations.htm

It's a huge site!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change."

~ Confucius

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

~ Voltaire

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

~ Margaret Halsey

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them."

~ Dave Barry

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dave_barry.html

 

[Jedster]

"We are ants making a run for it across the face of infinity" ~ someone

 

[Brickjectivity]

An apple a day keeps the orchard in pay ~definitely not Mark Twain

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."

~ Oren Arnold

 

[Geoff-Allen]

The whole idea of Christmas is the birth of Christ.

It symbolizes for each of us, whether Christian or not, the possibility
of rebirth, the winter before the spring. We are reminded how
we can add more quality to our lives. We are told to be more
tolerant, to be more compassionate, to be more generous, to give
to our family, our friends, our community, to draw our family
close around us.

Now, it's hard to find all these messages under all the presents and
the decorations and all the food, but they're there. There are an
infinite number of acts of kindness that are possible within
your family and friends.

Let the kids make a few more mistakes; be less critical; put your
arms around someone from whom you may be a little estranged.
Make peace within your family.

There are many possibilities for those acts of kindness. That's what
Christmas is all about - acts of kindness that will stay with us
all year long.

Jennifer James

http://www.livinglifefully.com/xmas.html

Have a good one!

 

[ShivaFan]

"Socialism as a political system is a mind set of conformity." - ShivaFan

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.

~ Norman Wesley Brooks , “Let Every Day Be Christmas,”

http://www.quotegarden.com/christmas.html

Enjoy the day!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day."

~ Helen Steiner Rice

http://www.altogetherchristmas.com/quotations.html

Have a good one!

 

[Jedster]

• Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. -Steve Jobs

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"When we see ourselves as we truly are - divinely perfect human beings struggling to live out the gifts of spirituality - we have an opportunity to crack open the door of compassion a bit. When we can compassionately see that we fumble, we make mistakes, or that we are (if only faintly and occasionally!) aware of a goodness within us that we do not always know how to express, we start to be aware of feelings of compassion for ourselves. Once we are aware of compassion for ourselves, it is only a very short step to begin to feel compassion for others."

~ Anne Wilson Schaef

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life."

~ Dalai Lama

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"By nature a pure mind always dwells in infinite love, infinite compassion, infinite sympathetic joy, infinite equanimity. These are the basic characteristics of a pure mind. And someone who always lives in infinite love, infinite compassion is free from misery. That is real happiness."

~ S. N. Goenka

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves."

~ The Dhammapada

http://www.interluderetreat.com/meditate/precepts.htm

 

[Geoff-Allen]

“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering. Knowing that words can create happiness or suffering, I am determined to speak truthfully, with words that inspire self-confidence, joy, and hope. I will not spread news that I do not know to be certain and will not criticize or condemn things of which I am not sure. I will refrain from uttering words that can cause division or discord, or that can cause the family or the community to break. I am determined to make all efforts to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.”

~ The Fourth Mindfulness Training from "The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching" by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

[Geoff-Allen]

"If we give love and sympathy even to those who hate us we fill them so with mystery they know not how to rate us."

~ Helen King