Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha
“The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us.”
Bokar Rinpoche
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
Desmond Tutu
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
Albert Einstein
“If today gets difficult, remember the smell of coffee, the way sunlight bounces off a window, the sound of your favorite person’s laugh, the feeling when a song you love comes on, the color of the sky at dusk, and that we are here to take care of each other.”
Nanea Hoffman
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character Atticus Finch says, “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“Standing up for yourself doesn’t make you argumentative. Sharing your feelings doesn’t make you overly sensitive. And saying no doesn’t make you uncaring or selfish. If someone won’t respect your feelings, needs, and boundaries, the problem isn’t you; it’s them.”
Lori Deschene
“You’ll be amazed at what you attract when you start believing in what you deserve.”
Unknown