That Is Life. Quotes
The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.
We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.
Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.
Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.
When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.
I finally understand that it’s okay to be a little afraid of things but that obsessing over them does not mean you have any more control over what you fear.
Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.
You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.
Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.
The significance of life is living.
When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.
In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society.
Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.
We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.
We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.
The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.
Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.
There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation.
When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
Imagination is the gatekeeper of the human soul.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.
Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now
I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.
Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.
There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.
When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.
Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.
I never say the things I really want to. If I did, I'd have no friends.
The ego hates losing – even to God.
Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?
We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.
Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes.
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.
When grace moves in... guilt moves out
Don't eat bear balls. Eat healthy, delectable, plant-based foods so that you will never fall over on your cat.
Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager and the clerk.