Arguments Accomplish Nothing

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.
- Booth Tarkington

We may have our private opinions
but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
- Dale Carnegie

We cling to our own point of view,
as though everything depended on it.
Yet our opinions have no permanence;
like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
- Zhuangzi

The moment we want to believe something,
we suddenly see all the arguments for it,
and become blind to the arguments against it.
- George Bernard Shaw

Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Disagreement

Assumptions

Six Ways to End Bickering About Money

Question Your Questions

Joy Blooms Where Minds and Hearts are Open
      

Kindness to ALL

It's the little things you do
that can make a big difference.
- Bob Proctor

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
- Jesus (Matthew 25:40)

I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature,
let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
- William Penn

If you treat others kindly, a few will respond with unkindness,
or even take advantage of your kindness,
but most will respond with kindness and friendliness.
However, if you treat others unkindly, you can be quite certain
that they will respond with harsh thoughts and actions.
...
Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Kindness: The Best of Being Human

Opportunities for Kindness

Living from Your Heart

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
     

Kofi Annan (1938-2018) Rest In Peace

Kofi Annan (April 8, 1938 - August 18, 2018) was UN Secretary General (1997-2006) and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin,
but we all belong to one human race.
- Kofi Annan

We need to think of the future and the planet we are
going to leave to our children and their children.
- Kofi Annan

To live is to choose. But to choose well,
you must know who you are and what you stand for,
where you want to go and why you want to get there.
- Kofi Annan

 

Called to Become a Hero

A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself
or something other than himself.
- Joseph Campbell

Hard times don't create heroes.
It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.
- Bob Riley

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
- Oprah Winfrey

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength
which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
- Marcus Aurelius

Some days call for courage,
and ask those who would otherwise lead ordinary lives to become heroes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gather Strength

Circumstance Reveals What You Are Made Of

How Hard?

The Quiet Voice of Courage

Choosing a Joyful Life
       

Thou Shalt Not Covet

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house;
you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.
- Exodus 20:17

Beware! Jealousy is a green-eyed monster.
- William Shakespeare

The jealous are troublesome to others,
but a torment to themselves.
- William Penn

The envious person grows lean
with the fatness of their neighbor.
- Socrates

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
- Joseph Epstein

A good life isn't measured in material goods.
There is no quicker path to misery than coveting your neighbors' stuff.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The Pain of Envy

Further reading: Do Not Compare

Anger is a Killing Thing

Comparisons are Odious