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Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#sweetness #inspirational

Each of us is the best we can be when we are fully present, focused yet relaxed, curious yet non-judgmental, committed yet flexible. ↗

— John Kuypers

#inspirational-quotes #present-moment #self-improvement #inspirational

Happiness is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens. ↗

— Karen Salmansohn

#inspiration #profound #truth #inspirational

Joy is possible no matter what you have experienced in your life... ↗

— Sheri Kaye Hoff

#inspirational-quotes #joy #inspirational

True joy comes from operating with Inner-directedness and recognizing who you are. ↗

— Sanaya Roman

#self-awareness #self-determination #inspirational

Nothing lasts forever, Neither bad nor good ↗

— Vijay Dhameliya

#inspirational #life-lessons #inspirational

You're not like other Wasps." "Aren't I?" Aagen smiled, but it was a painful smile. "No doubt you've killed my kinsmen by the score." "A few," Salma allowed. "Well, next time you shed my kinden's blood, think on this: we are but men, no less nor more than other men, and we strive and feel joy and fail as men have always done. We live in the darkness that is the birthright of us all, that of hurt and ignorance, only sometimes... sometimes there comes the sun." He let the bowl fall from his fingers to the floor, watching it spin and settle, unbroken. ↗

— Adrian Tchaikovsky

#aagen-s-joy #birthright #darkness #grief-in-chains #here-comes-the-sun

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#essays #great-men #greatness #men

ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice. ↗

— Aeschylus

#fairness #impartiality #judgment #justice #men

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them. ↗

— J. Hudson Taylor

#weakness #men