#comp

Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #inspiration #inspirational

Everyone has baggage, maybe we should help each other carry it. ↗

— Rob Liano

#baggage #caring #compassion #love #love

Ideology follows the money." "Governments don't protect people, people protect governments." "To accept the legitimacy of the state is to embrace the necessity for war. ↗

— Lawrence Samuels

#complexity-science #economics #human-action #politics #money

The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it to them that they would be unable to avoid paying, because the Athenians had the support of two powerful deities, one called Persuasion and the other Compulsion. The Andrians had replied that Athens was lucky to have two such useful gods, who were obviously responsible for her wealth and greatness; unfortunately, they themselves, in their small & inadequate land, had two utterly useless deities, who refused to leave the island and insisted on staying; and their names were Poverty and Inability. ↗

— Herodotus

#athenians #compulsion #persuasion #poverty #money

Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life. ↗

— Piero Gheddo

#attention #christianity #compassion #empathy #giving

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insulting yourself. ↗

— Bill Gates

#insult #unique #insult

It’s great that a song now costs exactly the same as a pack of gum and lasts exactly the same amount of time before it loses its flavour and you have to spend another buck. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#mp #music

The world is simple in a complex way." -Zack Merrick ↗

— Zack Merrick

#music #philosophy #simple #world #music

The Moon rules our emotional nature, how we react in situations, and what is needed in our lives to make us feel emotionally safe and secure. ↗

— Rosemary Breen

#horoscope #horoscope-compatibility #nature

artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity ↗

— Albert Einstein

#nature