First hold peace within yourself, only then can you bring it to others.

Saturday, February 18th, 2017   |   Posted in: Quotes Text Only   |   Published By:
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First hold peace within yourself, only then can you bring it to others.

– Thomas à Kempis

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

Monday, February 13th, 2017   |   Posted in: Quotes Text Only   |   Published By:
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

– Marie Curie

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Happiness never decreases from being shared.

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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single source and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases from being shared.

– The Buddha

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We are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017   |   Posted in: Quotes Text Only   |   Published By:
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The Buddha says that we are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger. In other words, anger is its own karma.

– Eknath Easwaran

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Be water, my friend

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Be water, my friend.

– Bruce Lee

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

– George Bernard Shaw

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

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We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

– Patti Smith

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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly

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Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly.

– Proverb

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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

– Lao Tzu

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