#ness

I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like. ↗

— Shelagh Delaney

#inspirational #inspirational

We live in a community of people not so that we can suppress and dominate eachother or make each other miserable but so that we can better and more reliably satisfy all life's healthy needs. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#happiness #inspirational #life #love #inspirational

Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#compassion-wisdom #enemy #inspirational #interaction #kindness

The whole of the life -- even the hard -- is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. These are new language lessons, and I live them out. There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#joy #thankfulness #thanksgiving #inspirational

You can enjoy a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness in life despite challenging circumstances. It's all in how you think about it. ↗

— Kristi Bowman

#inspirational #perspective #inspirational

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#good #good-advice #good-and-evil #good-example #goodness

But gratitude would not have me love you as I do. Love was inspired by what you are - the good, the bad, and even the foolish, which is what you're being right now. ↗

— Mary Jo Putney

#love #inspirational

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#darkness #inspirational #stars #inspirational

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11) ↗

— Confucius

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

Use your hater to make you greater! ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#envy #greatness #hater #inspirational #jealousy