#arm

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. ↗

— Confucius

#inspirational #introspection #karma #self-improvement #inspirational

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#destiny #happiness #humanism #inspirational #karma

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#book #charm #contains #dwells #echoes

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#boomerang #cause #circle #effect #gossip

The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christianity #heart #inspirational #jesus-shock #love

Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he could not, would not, apologise to the Aboriginal people for 200 years of murder and abuse. The battle against the Turks, he said in Gallipoli, was our history, our tradition. The war against the Aboriginals, he had already said at home, had happened long ago. The battle had made us; the war that won the continent was best forgotten ↗

— Peter Carey

#anzac #australia #black-armband #hisitor #forgiveness

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#chorus #choruses #cooperation #free #free-speech

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#harm #kindness #mercy #smile #smiling

How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make to perceive that which is not obvious, which can neither be seen nor heard? I believe the exploration and enrichment of the human spirit is what determines our very humanity. Such enrichment provides an inner compass that can lead civilizations to greatness. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#destiny #happiness #humanism #inspirational #karma

While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #dharma #inspirational #wisdom #inspirational