January 2011
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Although we have this precious human rebirth, it is only precious if we use it in a beneficial way.
Ani Chodon: Buddhist Nun
Blessings to all in 2011
December 2010
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Family + Friends = Happy Holidays!
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Happy Winter Solstice!
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The only doubt is that which we indulge; the only fear is that which we create.
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In our increasingly digital lives, take some time to be analog.
November 2010
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There is no prayer greater than gratitude.
bryan s alexander
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The Saint struggles sometimes. Struggles, however, forge the Saint. We all struggle. In the end, we are all Saints.
bryan s alexander
October 2010
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It doesn’t matter where inspiration comes from; it matters whether or not you listen.
bryan s alexander
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Cicero
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The miracle comes quietly into the mind that stops an instant and is still.
Course In Miracles
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It is very important to generate a good attitude as much as possible. From this, happiness will come.
Dalai Lama
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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
September 2010
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Viktor Frankl
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham J. Heschel
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Albert Einstein
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Whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development.
Edgar Cayce
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Thomas Campbell
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
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As human beings, our greatness lies in being able to remake ourselves.
Gandhi
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I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Thomas Edison
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Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Nelson Mandela
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Rest: the sweet sauce of labor.
Plutarch
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Karl Barth
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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
August 2010
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell
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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus
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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
Cicero
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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G.K. Chesterton
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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
Maya Angelou
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
Mark Twain
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Peace enters when the drawbridge of pride is lowered.
bryan s alexander
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Life is just a ride.
Bill Hicks
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A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs nothing.
John Tillotson
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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing that you will try to hold on to.
Tao Te Ching
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Seneca
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An enlightened society can only be created by awakened beings.
Michael Beckwith
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing - his attitude in any given set of circumstances.
Viktor Frankl
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There is no religion greater than truth and a truthful person knows no fear.
Rig Veda
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The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy.
Giovanni Giocondo
July 2010
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Put yourself in front of your fears to put them behind you.
bryan s alexander
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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Leonardo da Vinci
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If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
Napoleon Hill
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
Marcus Aurelius