#ness

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#been #best #business #i #i think

These examples suggest what one needs to learn to control attention. In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercise, aerobics, martial arts for those who prefer concentrating on physical skills. Any specialization or expertise that one finds enjoyable and where one can improve one’s knowledge over time. The important thing, however, is the attitude toward these disciplines. If one prays in order to be holy, or exercises to develop strong pectoral muscles, or learns to be knowledgeable, then a great deal of the benefit is lost. The important thing is to enjoy the activity for its own sake, and to know that what matters is not the result, but the control one is acquiring over one’s attention. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#happiness #art

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#call #compassion #god #god love #goodness

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#darkness #finds #light #nearest #sorrow

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too. ↗

— Aberjhani

#crying #hopefulness #inspiration #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes

I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life. ↗

— David Eddings

#army #back #business #experiences #fallen

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#heart #successful #you #your

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. ↗

— George Eliot

#despair #eagerness #hope #often #only

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. ↗

— George Eliot

#death #never #our #repent #severity

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? ↗