Some Favorite Quotations
Here are the first few of some of my favorite quotations I would like to share, in no particular order:
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion; respect others in their views, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the Great Divide. Always give a word or sign in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the light, for your life and strength Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.”
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.-
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain
-Aldous Huxley
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
-Ancient Chinese Proverb
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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
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Yea, verily, let your Will to Love burn eagerly toward this creation in yourselves of the true Life that rolls its waves across the shoreless sea of Time! Live not your petty lives in fear of the hours! The Moon and Sun and Stars by which ye measure Time are themselves but servants of that Life which pulses in you, joyous drum-beat as you march triumphant through the Avenue of the Ages. Then, when each birth and death of yours are recognized in this perception as mere milestones on your ever-living Road, what of the foolish incidents of your mean lives? Are they not grains of sand blown by the desert wind, or pebbles that you spurn with your winged feet, or grassy hollows were you press the yielding and elastic turf and moss with lyrical dances? To him who lives in Life naught matters: his is eternal motion, energy, delight of never-failing Change: unwearied, you pass on from aeon to aeon, from star to star, the Universe your playground, its infinite variety of sport ever old and ever new. All those ideas which bred sorrow and fear are known in their truth, and thus become the seed of joy: for you are certain beyond all proof that you can never die; that, though you change, change is part of your own nature: the Great Enemy is become the Great Ally.
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There is strong shadow where there is much light.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.
-Frank A. Clark
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I will try to share some more over the next few days. I would like to hear some of your favorite quotes as well. This could be fun, feel free to leave your favorites using the comments link below.
4 comments:
When sometone asks if you believe in God:
'Before I answer, you must tell me your definition of God. And when you tell me, I will
answer you, no, because a God defined is a God limited, and a limited God is no
God.'
The world only whispers her secrets to those who stand still and
listen. That's the reason the only difference between "now" and
"know" is one very silent letter.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's
life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results
of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions
drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the
courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already
know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs, CEO Apple Computer
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts
are conscious of our treasures."
Thornton Wilder, American playwright
"I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make
me somebody."
Louis L'Amour, American writer
"You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning
is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another
choice."
Steven D. Woodhull
Absolutely, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."
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