#pass

Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has no clothes on How can it be spoken. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#path #seekers #youth #zen #attitude

Jesus tells us: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ (Mk 12:31). How can we love our neighbor if we can’t or won’t love ourselves, at least a little? When we hold ourselves to unrealistic standards, that perfectionist attitude can’t help but trickle down. It becomes harder to have compassion for others if we have no compassion for ourselves. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#faith #self-love #attitude

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#compassion #humbleness #kindness #knowledge #open-mindedness

The human body is the best work of art. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#beauty #body #body-image #dancer #desire

Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier. ↗

— David J. Pollay

#happiness #self-help #anger

The authentic human has the might of compassion and the creative power to do any manner of good. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#compassion #creative #individuality #power #uniqueness

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice." Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm. Also known as passion," I said quietly. "Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #lasciel #passion #anger

A person is loved for the risk he or she takes for someone else, be it a mother, a father, a child, a lover, or a friend. It takes courage to reach out and connect with another human being. It requires risk and hard work. It takes courage and compassion for a person to truly bond with another. Sometimes even bridges aren't enough. ↗

— Buket Uzuner

#love #courage

But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#compassion #courage #faith #healing #hope

Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#passive #beauty