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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. - William Hazlitt The winds of grace are always blowing; all we need to do is raise our sails. - Anonymous Grace defies reason and logic. - Bono I know to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. - Bertrand Russell Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. - Eugene Ionesco There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it. - Dale Carnegie Communication leads... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. - Aesop [Read The Dog and the Shadow - A Fable by Aesop] It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more that is poor. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca Evil has no substance of its own but is only the defect, excess,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 11, 2023

A happy life consists not in the absence but in the mastery of hardships. - Helen Keller Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person. - Albert Einstein Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 10, 2023

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. - Dale Carnegie If we like what we do, if we always do our best, then we are really enjoying life. We are having fun, we don't get bored, we don't have frustrations. - don Miguel Ruiz It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 9, 2023

The attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. - Alan Watts Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking. - R. Buckminster Fuller Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. - Edith Hamilton Can you imagine a life with... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy. - Ernest Holmes Learn to be calm, and you will always be happy. - Paramahansa Yogananda The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. - Edmund Hillary It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. - The Buddha I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others. - Pericles Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness. - Napoleon Hill Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 5, 2023

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. - Ursula K. Le Guin Happiness isn't at the end of the rainbow. Happiness is at the beginning of the rainbow. Following the rainbow is happiness, not getting to the end of it. - Werner Erhard To live only for... Sign in to see full entry.

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