Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Rainbows and Butterflies
Lighten up, have a rainbows and butterflies kind of day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
- Irish Blessing
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world.
Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak.
Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor,
and your picture begins to lighten up.
- Allen Klein
The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.
- Bob Proctor
The best portion of a good man's life
is his little, nameless, unremembered
acts of kindness and of love.
- William Wordsworth
Further reading: Cherish the Whimsey
Life as Play
Boldly Paint Your Life
Simple Living and Small Pleasures
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Change How You Look at Things
One's destination is never a place but rather a new
way of looking at things.
- Henry Miller
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
- Burton Hills
Life is a continuity always and always.
There is no final destination it is going towards.
Just the pilgrimage, just the journey in itself is life,
not reaching to some point,
no goal - just dancing and being in pilgrimage,
moving joyously, without bothering about any destination.
- Osho
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life
as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
- Joseph Campbell
What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
- Helen Keller
Further reading: Purpose and Direction
Through the Eyes of Another
Where You're Going
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Don't Hurry Through Life
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Monday, February 26, 2024
It is always a good day to be grateful for all of life
Count your blessings - not your troubles.
- Dale Carnegie
In a society that has you counting money, pounds, calories, and steps,
be a rebel and count your blessings instead.
- Rev. Lisa Heckman
It is always a good day to be grateful for all of life -
grateful for large blessings and small.
Especially to be grateful for the symbolic blessings -
the rainbows and butterflies that come into our lives
when we least expect and most need them.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If only the people who worry about their liabilities
would think about the riches they do possess,
they would stop worrying.
- Dale Carnegie
Further reading: Step Back, Gain Perspective
Beyond Worries
May You Be Blessed
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Sunday, February 25, 2024
Always Do What's Right
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- Aristotle
When people get caught up with that which is right
and they are willing to sacrifice for it,
there is no stopping point short of victory.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All the great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in a single word:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
Never let your sense of morals
get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov
Read: What is Moral versus What is Right
Do what you feel in your heart to be right.
You'll be criticized anyway.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever your friends and family do,
Always do what you know is right.
...
If it's Right, stand up for it - together.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Live with Honor
Be yourself. Honor yourself.
Is there a place for Honor today?
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Be a First Rate YOU
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
To free us from the expectations of others,
to give us back to ourselves -
there lies the great singular power of self-respect.
- Joan Didion
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Saying
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
Since you are the one who has to live with your choices,
be sure they are your own.
- Alan Cohen
Further reading: Have Confidence in Yourself
Trust Your Own Advice
Believe in Yourself
Think for Yourself
Friday, February 23, 2024
What You Do for Others
The true measure of success in life is how many other lives you made better.
- Jeff Hoffman
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Bessie A. Stanley (commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Almost nothing you worry about today
will matter in a hundred years.
Think carefully about what you can focus on today.
Choose tasks that will actually make a positive difference
to your great-grandchildren.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is no brief candle to me.
It is a sort of splendid torch
which I have got a hold of for the moment,
and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it on to future generations.
- George Bernard Shaw
It is not what we get.
But who we become, what we contribute...
that gives meaning to our lives.
- Tony Robbins
Further reading: Serve Others
Pass the Torch
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
Recognize Our Abundance
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Re-examine all that you have been told
Re-examine all that you have been told...
dismiss that which insults your soul.
- Walt Whitman
You are a product of your environment.
So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective.
Analyze your life in terms of its environment.
Are the things around you helping you toward success -
or are they holding you back?
- W. Clement Stone
Know thyself, and thou shalt know the Universe and God.
- Pythagoras
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.
- Richard Whately
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly -
spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity
to renew itself and create order.
- Susan Taylor
The unexamined life is not worth living.
- Socrates
Further reading: A Truly Successful Life
To Live, Not Merely To Exist
What Is Success?
What You Become
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The Power of Positive Affirmations
Definition of "Affirmation" as used here: "Something that may not be true yet, but that I want to be true (usually about myself) and that I am working to make true." For example, "Every day, I repeat the same positive affirmation of my worth as a person."
The following are all positive affirmations...
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am not a slave to my thoughts or emotions.
- Richard Carlson
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I am one with the power and wisdom of the Universe.
I have all that I need.
- Louise L. Hay
I come to life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Standing in the inspiring vision of my future,
I boldly take every step - large and small -
with courage and intent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am at Peace with myself,
my family, my community, and the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
- Anonymous
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Praise and Celebrate
The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception
to such an extent that it changes the world you see.
- Robert Holden
The more you praise and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
- Oprah Winfrey
The path to happiness is forgiveness of everyone
and gratitude for everything.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
He is a wise man who does not grieve
for the things which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus
Celebrate! Celebration is an expression of Gratitude.
Gratitude is like the prayer, while
Celebration is the hymn and sacred dance.
Celebration is its own road to happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
- Thornton Wilder
Further reading: Attitude of Gratitude
To Feel Blessed
A List of Gratitudes
Zero-Based Gratitude
Monday, February 19, 2024
Choose to Live with Honor
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
If you doubt the virtue in self-honor,
remember what the flight attendant says,
"Put your own oxygen mask on first."
You are of no use to anyone else
if you have not taken care of your own needs first -
this includes your own emotional,
as well as physical, well-being.
In addition, your greatest value to your children,
your family, your friends, and your community
is the example you set, leading a great life that inspires
those around you to emulate your being.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance
when in reality it is the opposite.
When we can recognize all our good qualities
as well as our faults with neutrality,
we can start to appreciate ourselves
as we would a dear friend
and experience the comfortable inner glow of respect.
- Osho
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
[Be true to your own values - live an honorable life.]
Further reading: To Earn a Good Name
Either Accept It, or Change It
Treat ALL with Goodness
At the Center of Your Being
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
It is Our Actions that Define Us
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me.
- Matthew 25:40
Before you speak to me about your religion,
first show it to me in how you treat other people;
before you tell me how much you love your God,
show me in how much you love all His children;
before you preach to me of your passion for your faith,
teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors.
In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell
as in how you choose to live and give.
- Cory Booker
We do not need to proselytize
either by our speech or by our writing.
We can only do so really with our lives.
Let our lives be open books for all to study.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin
No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
- Abraham Lincoln (attributed)
Your example is far more influential and inspiring
than any words of instruction, or threats,
or even words of encouragement.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
- John Quincy Adams
Further reading: God Calls Us To Help Others
Lead by Example
Hypocrisy, Perhaps the Greatest Sin
A Look at Religion
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Forgiveness Creates Space for a New Tomorrow
Forgiveness does not change the past,
but it does enlarge the future.
- Paul Boese
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
I forgive myself and others for that
which is done (and better left undone)
and also that which is not done (and better if done).
I give myself permission to enjoy this moment without guilt.
I freely release all uncertainty, regret, and fear.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Forgiveness Creates Space for a New Tomorrow.
Forgiving Others Grants You Peace.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Forgive All From Your Heart
Forgiving Sets You Free
Burning Away Old Regrets and Resentments
Helping is what Life is About
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Take a quiet moment for yourself
Pause to smell the roses, to breathe, to take a quiet moment for yourself.
Let today be a day to remember that you get to CHOOSE how you spend your time.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The quieter you become,
the more you can hear.
- Ram Dass
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.
- Saint Bartholomew
In prayerful silence you must look into your own heart.
No one can tell you better than yourself what comes between you and God.
Ask yourself.
Then listen!
- Johannes Tauler
Create Some Quiet Time Today.
Further reading: God is Found in Silence
The Beat of the Universe
The Quiet Voice of Courage
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Quiet Time
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Breathe Deeply - Become Centered
Breathe deeply and slowly. Let yourself become centered - shutting out distractions. Breathe in eternal peace, and let your body fill with unconditional love.
At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want.
- Lao Tzu
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others,
is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
- Wayne Dyer
When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom
because you know you are not the mind and you are not the body.
- Osho
Further reading: Five 30-Second Emotional Releases to De-Stress at Work
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
A Few Caring People
When we are no longer able to change a situation -
we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Viktor E. Frankl (Nazi concentration camp survivor)
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared
believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
- Bruce Barton
I don't think of all the misery
but of the beauty that still remains.
- Anne Frank
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
- Mother Teresa
I Believe In Peace; I Believe In Mercy.
- Malala Yousafzai (shot by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating education for girls)
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank (died in Nazi concentration camp)
Today's affirmation:
I believe in the goodness of people.
I believe in my own inner strength.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
- Margaret Mead
Further reading: Mother Teresa prayer
Not A Victim
Anne Frank
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Learn from the Past
Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.
- George Santayana
Who has fully realized that history
is not contained in thick books
but lives in our very blood?
- Carl Jung
There are recurring cycles, ups and downs,
but the course of events is essentially the same, with small variations.
It has been said that history repeats itself.
This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes.
- Theodor Reik (sometimes falsely attributed to Mark Twain)
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
- Confucius
The importance of history is in its
educational value for our lives today,
not in regret, resentment, or revenge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Welcome Changing Seasons
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier
state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
- George Santayana
There are good and bad times,
but our mood changes
more often than our fortune.
- Thomas Carlyle
In times of change, learners inherit the earth;
while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped
to deal with a world that no longer exists.
- Eric Hoffer
Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or present
are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy
Further reading: Renewal and Rebirth - The Great Cycle
Another Wave Comes, Another Wave Goes
Endings and New Beginnings
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Sunday, February 11, 2024
Leave the Past in the Past
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
Release your attachment to the way things have been,
and wend your way joyfully
through life's unfolding majesty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There's a trick to the Graceful Exit.
It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage,
a relationship is over - and to let go.
It means leaving what's over without denying its value.
- Ellen Goodman
Stop holding on to the past.
1) Release your regrets about whatever you may have done or failed to do that turned out poorly.
2) Forgive others for whatever they may have done or failed to do that caused you harm.
3) Declare today to be a new beginning.
Let go of the past and move on with creating a joyful new future for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs.
- Dick Raymond
Further reading: Let Go of Your Attachment to Your Plans
Illusions Lost
A Better Plan
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements - The Wisdom of the Ages in Four Sound-Bites
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Saturday, February 10, 2024
Give Thanks for Your Life
With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing -
without gratitude, all of life
is perceived as a burden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't
come as a result of getting something we don't have,
but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
- Frederick Koenig
Further reading: Giving Thanks for Our Food
What do you take for granted?
Celebrating the Small Miracles of Our Lives
My Glass of Life
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Friday, February 9, 2024
Don't Stop
True courage is taking another small step each day
toward achieving your vision.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You make a mistake, you keep going.
- Linda Gray
Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush.
Don't race around.
Sure and steady gets you there every time.
- Neale Donald Walsch
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein
Achievement seems to be connected with action.
Successful men and women keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Further reading: You Can Do It
One More Mile
Be Unstoppable
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Believe
Believe in the goodness of life.
Believe in the power of time to heal and to renew.
Believe in the power of forgiveness and gratitude.
Believe in the gift of rainbows and butterflies.
Believe in the laughter of children.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Being part of the natural world reminds me
that innocence isn't ever lost completely;
we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
- Jewel
Believe in love.
Believe in magic.
Believe in others.
Believe in yourself.
Believe in your dreams.
If you don't, who will?
- Jon Bon Jovi
Be open to the goodness of life -
even in the midst of apparent adversity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Natural Goodness
Our Opportunity
Renewing Yourself
Believe in Humanity
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Mind that is Still
To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
Being wakeful in each and every moment of your life is meditation.
The simplest definition of meditation is:
when seeing, just see; when hearing, just hear.
- Josh Baran
Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen.
Then what will be the quality?
Watchfully alert, joyously unmotivated,
centered, loving, flowing, one walks.
And the walking is sauntering.
Loving, alert, watchful, one sits, unmotivated -
not sitting for anything in particular,
just enjoying how beautiful
just sitting doing nothing is,
how relaxing, how restful.
- Osho
To manage your mind,
know that there is nothing,
and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
- Lao Tzu
"Beginner Mind" is a Zen Buddhist term
that describes moving past our assumptions
of the nature of our life,
and really SEEING our surroundings -
especially the people we interact with -
with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Managing Your Wayward Mind
Breathe In, Breathe Out
Opening Your Mind
The World is a Paradox
Stay Adaptable
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The Hidden Truth
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.
- George Bernard Shaw
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar Wilde
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
- George Carlin
Can you let go of words and ideas,
attitudes and expectations?
If so, then the Tao will loom into view.
- Lao Tzu
Further reading: Life is a Riddle
Accept that Life is Complex and Contradictory
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Monday, February 5, 2024
How to Cope with Overwhelm...
A hero is an ordinary individual
who finds the strength to persevere
and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach,
but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect,
we will immediately feel overwhelmed.
- Anthony Robbins
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Improve what you can
and accept all the rest of life
just as it comes.
Know that fear is your worst enemy -
perhaps your only enemy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you feel overwhelmed...
1. Ask yourself, "What is the smallest list of tasks that I MUST accomplish TODAY?"
2. Work on that short list right now. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
3. Don't worry about anything not on the short list. Read How to Stop Worrying if you need help with this.
4. Don't blame yourself for feeling overwhelmed, for having gotten yourself into this situation, or for anything else. If you have failed at some task, that does not make you-the-person a failure. If you need help getting in touch with your own worthiness read How to Feel Good About Yourself.
Further reading: How to Cope with Loneliness
All Life is a Risk
How to Feel Better About Yourself
Don't Borrow Trouble
How to Gain Self Confidence
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify
Money and success don’t change people;
they merely amplify what is already there.
- Will Smith
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- attributed to Abraham Lincoln
People do not seem to realize that
their opinion of the world
is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Force always attracts men of low morality.
- Albert Einstein
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
- Anonymous
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment
and the other by acts of love. Power based on love
is a thousand times more effective and permanent
then the one derived from fear of punishment.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
You can easily judge the character of others
by how they treat those who can
do nothing for them or to them.
- Malcolm S. Forbes
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- John Wooden
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Further reading: Your Most Important Values
Who You Are
A Place for Honor
Do What You Know Is Right
Taking Action About Things That Matter
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
- Aldous Huxley
Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but no one has a right to be wrong in his facts.
- Bernard M. Baruch
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there,
but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it.
But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
- Bernard M. Baruch
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions.
When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts
than to change the preconceptions.
- Jessamyn West
Get the facts first.
You can distort them later.
- Mark Twain
Further reading: Begin with the FACTS
The Fun-House Mirrors Of Our Own Point Of View
Re-examine all that you have been told
Never Stop Learning
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preconception,
prejudice,
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seek,
truth
Friday, February 2, 2024
Nothing pains some people more than having to think
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking.
There is an almost universal quest
for easy answers and half-baked solutions.
Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive
is devoid of the power to love.
There is some good in the worst of us
and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position
that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;
but one must take it BECAUSE it is right.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Further reading: Gain Peace Through Peace
The First Step in Faith
Serve Others
Hate Returns Upon Itself
Thursday, February 1, 2024
The World is Incomprehensible
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious,
thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
God is not what you imagine,
or what you think you understand.
If you understand you have failed.
- Saint Augustine
Be thankful that life is a mystery.
There is so much we can never know.
Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing.
There is much that we do not have to know in order to live joyfully.
We Can Never Understand Our World, But We Can Still Enjoy It.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is incomprehensible.
We won't ever understand it;
we won't ever unravel its secrets.
Thus we must treat the world as it is:
a sheer mystery.
- Carlos Castaneda
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge
(knowing what you don't know)
is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
- Isaac Asimov
Further reading: Wonder and Mystery
Pause to Wonder
Cherish Mystery
Life: Mystery and Riddle
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