#rational

It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams. ↗

— John Knowles

#dreams

Most people, by the time they get old, have grown tough little shells around their hearts. Babies, like little Laila, start off with tender, loving, trusting hearts, but gradually, gradually, they learn to protect themselves and, as the years go by, grow tougher and tougher layers. Look at this! The outside layers of the artichoke are so tough they aren’t even worth eating but they become more and more tender as you come closer to the heart. These tough outer layers stop you feeling so much, so people walk around with hard little hearts that no one can touch. Of course there are some people who don’t have a choice – they just never learn to protect themselves...now that can be both a blessing and a burden. ↗

— Sita Brahmachari

#thoughtful #inspirational

Being selective is self-protective. ↗

— David Posen

#inspirational

It is the mind’s job to protect and take care of you, to solve your problems and make sure you’re safe. So, if you feel a surge of emotional upset, it moves into action, trying to help, looking for the source of the upset—for the problems—and generating solutions. Under these conditions, the key to getting the mind to go on standby—to stilling the mind’s compulsive thinking—lies in recognizing, accepting, and working with the emotional upset. Once you address the emotional undercurrent, once it is no longer churning inside you, the mind can switch off and quite literally leave you in peace. ↗

— Sharon Rose Summers

#inspiration #meditation #quieting-the-mind #inspirational

Have you ever seen the stars in the night? See them closely, they will tell you, how to be open, how to love and how to shine and twinkle without any differences and jealousy of other stars. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#trust #inspirational

Live your life with love in your heart, and no matter what people say or may think help others and love them regardless of his/her faults, color of skin, beliefs and views! And people may think you have other motives other then the very fact that you want to be the person you were meant to be and share the love God has for us all!!! ↗

— Mike Bolton

#inspirational

Where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty. ↗

— Saint Paul

#inspirational

To love anything good, at any cost, is a bargain. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#inspirational

My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#humour #inspirational

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#inspirational