Quotes: 'Some Things Borrowed'

BORROWED WISDOM: Names have been purposely omitted with the intention that, if found interesting enough, the receiver will seek out their source for him or herself.

"All life has value in itself, independent of its usefulness to humans."

"Fear and those who incite it lead a species to its basest inclinations."

"We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight."

"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."

"Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind, I may have faith to make mountains fall, but if I lack love then I am nothing at all."

"What you resist, persists."

"Be a light unto yourself."

A Minefield of Memes for the Mindful

 The Quality of Intent:

 
 

There is never a need to explain what's made a person who they are (meaning what they've done), unless the need has been another's or their own, in which case it is not really a need, but a self-centered desire to either know or make known. Live conscionably and unapologetically. That is my understanding. ~ A.O.




 

"If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting."

 

"The importance is in forgetting scheduled time, and being more in rhythm with what surrounds you."

 

"When you compare yourself to others, you’re comparing your inside to their outside."

Term of the Day: 'Quandary'  >>

"We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way God’s universe is made; this is the way it is structured."

Student: "I am very discouraged.

What should I do?"
Master : "Encourage others."
(Even despair serves a purpose)

Albert's Fortuitous Thoughts

Every act of violence is a form of child abuse.

Pain and suffering are characteristic of change or growth, thus deriving their significance from them. It is only when we lack gratitude and exhibit reluctance that they become unbearable. Only when we attribute to them a power they do not inherently possess. All is opportunity.

We'd rather be accepted for who we aren't than risk the rejection of who we genuinely are.

Communication is the art of cooperation - a labor of love. When effective, it is where one's will to be understood is matched by another's will to understand.

As individuals, you might say that we are cells within a unified self. One healthy cell contributes to a healthier whole. Each of us is a brushstroke on the canvas of Life's masterpiece. Although seemingly insignificant, we are infinitely important! 

There is never a need to explain what's made a person who they are (meaning what they've done), unless the need has been another's or their own, in which case it is not really a need, but a self-centered desire to either know or make known. Live conscionably and unapologetically. That is my understanding. 

I can not have a world view without having experienced the world. I am a blind man in a box.

The best advice seems never my own.

'Human Being' noun - definition: A dynamo of self-rationalization. "I am a dynamo of self-rationalization."