Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha
“People will teach you how to love by not loving you back. People will teach you how to forgive by not apologizing. People will teach you kindness by their judgment. People will teach you how to grow by remaining stagnant. Pay attention when you’re going through pain and mysterious times. Listen to the wisdom life is trying to teach you.”
Meredith Marple
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde
“Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.”
Robert Tew
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.”
Pema Chödrön
“When you’re comfortable in your skin, you look beautiful, regardless of any flaws.”
Emily Deschanel
“The feeling of being rejected, disapproved of, or conditionally loved by one’s primary caregivers is a monumental, long-lasting burden for a child to carry. It produces chronic shame, guilt, and anxiety. The child is blamed for doing something wrong and in doing so learns to perceive themselves as being bad.”
Darius Cikanavicius, Human Development and Trauma: How Childhood Shapes Us into Who We Are as Adults
“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles, and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?”
Lao Tzu
“Kindness can be its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Eric Hoffer
“True forgiveness comes when you realize there is something totally radiant inside you, that nobody could ever touch”
Eckhart Tolle
“Sometimes it takes relationships that don’t last forever to teach us lessons that will.”
Unknown
“Success is a series of small wins.”
Unknown
