Quotes January 29, 2019

Quotes courtesy of Daily Good

 
 
Earth’s crammed with heaven…
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 
 
 
 
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer
 
 
 
 
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
 
 
 
 
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Paulo Coelho
 
 
 
 
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
 
 
 
Suffering = Pain x Resistance
Shinzen Young
 
 
 
 
Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.
Shari Arison
 
 
 
 
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Harold Kushner
 
 
 
 
Everything we love is what we must protect in the final moments while there’s still time. There is still time
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
 
 
 
 
There are 84,000 Dharma doors and they are all number one!
Ron Epstein
 
 
 
 
It’s when I got to college that I realized that, instead of getting to that stressed state and then using meditation to save myself, I found it was better for my health to use it on a daily basis.
Priya Shah
 
 
 
 
Nearly every book has the same architecture — cover, spine, pages — but you open them onto worlds and gifts far beyond what paper and ink are, and on the inside they are every shape and power.
Rebecca Solnit
 
 
 
 
What we get from each moment depends on the attention we give it, and the quality of our experience reflects the quality of our awareness.
Roger Walsh
 
 
 
 
See the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa
 
 
 
 
Presence is not an object. It is the openness that beholds it all.
Joan Tollifson
 
 
 
 
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Malala Yousafzai
 
 
 
 
Community isn’t a particular lifestyle but a universal form of existence. We are community beings by our very nature.
Martin Winiecki
 
 
 
 
Give the wins away.
Greg Tehven
 
 
 
 
No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.
Sarah Addison Allen
 
 
 
 
Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
Mary Oliver