Archive for May, 2008

Duke Ellington on Adversity

“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”

- Duke Ellington

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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Acceptance

“Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bodhisattva Tokmay Sangpo on Compassion

“If the internal enemy of hatred is not tamed,
When one tries to tame external enemies, they increase.
Therefore, it is a practice of the wise to tame themselves
By means of the forces of love and compassion.”

- Bodhisattva Tokmay Sangpo

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Diana, Princess of Wales on Destiny

“I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.”

- Diana, Princess of Wales

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Rumi on Silence

“Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.”

- Rumi

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Deepak Chopra on Happiness

“Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.”

- Deepak Chopra

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Phaedrus on Compassion

“Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.”

- Phaedrus

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Bhagavad Gita on Impermanence

“The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.”

- Bhagavad Gita

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Thomas A. Edison on Ability

“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”

- Thomas A. Edison

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Ann Landers on Maturity

“Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.”

- Ann Landers

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