Rev. Michael Curry - A way of life

"The good news not only that we are loved, but that this love isn’t just simply a sentimental thing, this is a way of life that actually makes a difference in people’s lives, and in the world. It’s real, and it’s wonderful, and it’s meant for us all.” ~Rev. Michael Curry

Julian Barnes - History

"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation." ~Julian Barnes, 'The Sense of an Ending'

Quotes From OLD SOULS

Calm, insightful and wise beyond their years, the Old Soul perceives the world with ancient eyes, feels the world with an ancient heart, and comprehends the world with an ancient soul. ~Aletheia Luna, Admin. 👵👵👵👵👵👵

"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror." ~Ken Keyes

"All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Do not be afraid of your difficulties.  Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are.  For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity." ~Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

"Forever is composed of nows." ~Emily Dickinson

"He has the most who is most content with the least." ~Diogenes

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers." ~Kahlil Gibran

"In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?" ~Igor Stravinsky

"I’m a believer in belief.  Faith is something that works – it causes people to do things, it has results.  It’s an intangible, indefinable, very real thing.  And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity.  And sometimes to survival." ~Tommy Lee Jones

"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on." ~Robert Frost

"Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors." ~Ludwig van Beethoven

"Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges." ~Carlos Castaneda

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life.  A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." ~Mark Twain

"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other." ~Meryl Streep

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." ~Leonardo da Vinci

"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." ~James Taylor

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking." ~Marcus Aurelius

"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” ~Thích Nhất Hạnh

"What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears." ~Alice Walker

"When the mind is full of worldly desires, it is their very nature to confuse the mind.  Withdraw the mind from outer things and turn it inwards." ~Anandamayi Ma

"You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather." ~Pema Chödrön

"Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." ~Carl Jung

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Francisco Sionil Jose Quotes

"As fire tempers steel, so do the tribulations that we surmount." ~F. Sionil Jose

"For so many of us who cannot think of the future and whose minds are focused only as far as the next election, remember this: Marcos, Duterte – they are minor incidents in our history, but the oligarchic families will be with us much longer and will most likely be replaced by heirs who will continue to exploit our country and our people. The struggle to create a just and sovereign nation transcends these politicians and their oligarch allies. The Filipino oligarchy is our entrenched enemy." ~F. Sionil Jose

"I sympathize with the hundreds who will lose their jobs but I’ll not mourn the passing of ABS-CBN; its demise, I dare say, is even good for Philippine democracy if it also means the dismantling of the Lopez empire." ~F Sionil Jose, on ABS-CBN, A Requiem, May 8, 2020

“It is nationalism which has been the matrix of nationhood all through the ages.” ~F. Sionil Jose

"No solid foundation supports this so-called progress because underneath is a malignant rot - the Filipino elite who have no sense of nation, no moral commitment to Filipinos, only to themselves and their families." ~F. Sionil Jose - National Artist.

"Shallowness is the impediment to prosperity, to justice, and men of goodwill should emphasize this, take risks even in doing so." ~F.Sionil Jose

“The building and harnessing of nationalism is an educational process. This should be the goal of our universities – to produce nationalists, not communists.” ~F. Sionil Jose

"The Filipinos do not really need ABS-CBN. It does not produce goods or food. It has certainly entertained millions but it did not diminish poverty. Again, freedom worked for the rich—but not for the Filipinos." ~F Sionil Jose, on ABS-CBN, A Requiem

"The real issue with ABS-CBN and its owners is not press freedom. It is MONEY, POLITICS and POWER-how power is acquired, how it is abused and maintained, and most of all, how it obstructs the country's economic, and democratic development." ~F. Sionil Jose

"We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able." ~F. Sionil Jose

“We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.” ~F. Sionil Jose

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Salvador P. Lopez - Silent

“It is better to be silenced than to be silent.” ~Salvador P. Lopez

Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi - On admission

"He is great who is not ashamed to admit he does not know." ~Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi

Sensei Gambill - On learning

"No one can stop anyone who truly, eagerly desires to learn. Conversely, no one can teach someone who refuses to learn." ~Sensei Gambill

Frederick Wilesmith - A story unfold

‪"There are some drawings/paintings from your children or grandchildren that goes to the very heart and it's impossible to get rid of them. When you sit and gaze upon the art for awhile a story starts to unfold. You can also imagine what the future may have instored for the child." ~‬Frederick Wilesmith on children's artwork

Rupi Kaur Quotes

“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” ~Rupi Kaur

"I am a museum full of art but you had your eyes shut." ~Rupi Kaur

John Eldridge - People

"Let people feel the weight of who they are and let them deal with it." ~John Eldridge

Quotes on UNDERSTANDING

"A person hears only what they understand." ~~Johann Wolgang von Goethe

"As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more and more." ~Jules Renard

"Be a traveller, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live." ~Andrew Zimmern

"Closure becomes easier once you start to understand that was just a chapter of your life, not the whole story." ~Anon

“Forgiving, listening, understanding are beautiful roses.” ~Gede Prama

“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking..” ~Leo Tolstoy

"How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett

"I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn." ~Robert Frost

"If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding. Smile with your whole being." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you sit in the darkness and write poems about the beauty of light, that doesn't mean you understand the importance of light! The whole point is to praise the light not when you don't have it but when you have it!” ~Mehmet Murat ildan

"Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy." ~Alexandre Dumas

"Listen to the quiet of your heart. It wants to share deep truths that cannot be understood through words." ~Butterflies and Pebbles

"Man must rise above the Earth – to the top of the atmosphere and beyond – for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives”. ~Socrates, scholar, teacher and philosopher

“Not everyone will understand your journey. That's fine. You are here to live your life, not to make everyone understand” ~Paulo Coelho (HIPPIE, 2018)

"Once upon a time … there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated." ~Terry Tempest Williams

“Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” ~Terry Tempest Williams

"Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and makes sense of our world." ~L.M. Elliott

"The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say." ~Khalil Gibran

"The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand." ~Rumi

“The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.” ~Richard Dawkins

"The world is vast and huge than my brain can comprehend. It is only when I look with my heart that I can take it all in. Then, and only then, will it fit within my understanding." ~Anon

"There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand - without you speaking a word." ~Yasmin Mogahed

"To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for when the word passes beyond understanding the very thing the word stands for passes out of the world and cannot be recalled." ~Stephen R. Lawhead

"Understanding is deeper than knowledge. There are many people who know you, but very few who understand you." ~Nicolas Cage

"Understanding is like water flowing in a stream. Wisdom and knowledge are solid and can block our understanding." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Understanding someone’s suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand, you can’t love." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."  ~William Hazlitt

"When I question my thinking, when I am in doubt of what to do next, the best answer for me is this: Let me be kind. When kindness drives my thinking, actions and emotions, I always come through with love and a deeper understanding of myself and those share this earth with me." ~Robin Korth

"Where there's love and understanding there's heaven." ~Gede Prama

"With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding." ~Sandra Lake

"Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain." ~from THE PROPHET (1923) - Khalil Gibran

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Jack Wu - Gratitude

"Chase for more, but always have gratitude for what you already have." ~Jack Wu

Alek Boyd - Intellect

"He who surrenders his intellect to that of the other: for ideology, creed, or belief's sake, commits the supreme act of denying his own self." ~Alek Boyd

Marion C. Garretty - Solemn speech

"If I were to make a solemn speech in praise of you, in gratitude, in deep affection, you would turn an alarming shade of crimson and try to escape. So I won't. Take it all as said." ~Marion C. Garretty , b. 1917

Jeff Haden - Inspiration

"The inspiration you need is often found in a few simple words of wisdom." ~Jeff Haden

Rob Asghar - Leader

"There’s no one-size-fits-all kind of leader. The manner of leader your organization needs always depends on the situation." ~Rob Asghar

Patricia Nickson - true wonders

"How beautiful is that the true wonders and beauty of nature lets all take care of it." ~Patricia Nickson

Sarah Ferguson Quotes

“I believe that it’s time to take a stand. This isn’t about freedom of speech. The truth is, it’s not acceptable to post abuse or threats on social media or news sites, and it’s not acceptable to harangue other users simply because they disagree with you." ~Sarah Ferguson

“It’s not acceptable to pit women against one another all the time.” ~Sarah Ferguson

Richard Puz - Death

In memory of my long lost brother Sam, who passed away in 22 August 2018, and interred on our Father's 100th Birthday. Thank you Family and Friends for sending him off to his final resting place.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." ~Richard Puz

Chameli Ardagh - Don't do it alone

"Surround yourself with the wise ones, the wild ones, the kind ones, the awake ones. You don't have to do it alone." ~Chameli Ardagh

Rabia Basri - Every word

"When I speak, my every word speaks of You. When I am silent, I silently ache for You." ~Rabia Basri

Leslie C. Bertrand - I am Never Alone

"I have run into the fire over and over again to lead forth those who would have been consumed. I am bruised, scarred and battle weary but I have emerged triumphant. The path has been long, lonely and arduous. The twist and turns innumerable, the battles many, the victories hard fought and not without loss. The crushing burden of the weight of the collective suffering crushes the spirit. I have retreated into the inner land of my spirit and retraced the path that spirals up out of the darkness and reclaimed the light. I relearn the ancient wisdom and quietly observe and mark the seasons and change. I am patient and I persevere. I am a healer and a warrior. My path is not easy but I am unafraid for I am never alone. I am One." ~Leslie C. Bertrand

Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir Quotes

"A woman is ready to dress up to irritate her friends." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"A woman's heart is like a sea; it's both deep and rough and hides pearls." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"In youth we believe everybody but nobody believes us. In old age we believe nobody but everybody believes us." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"Love makes of the wisest man a fool, and of the most foolish woman, a sage." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"Mind is lost in love, but found in marriage." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"One should be kind to love people and avoid them in order to respect." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"Smart person should talk too much to prove that he's smart. A fool needs to keep silence to prove that he is wise." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"The quintessence of every passion is selfishness." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"The smartest man becomes a fool when in love. The most stupid girl becomes smarter when in love." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"Women are like flowers. One woman and one flower inspire men. Many flowers and many women in one place cause a headache." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

"Work is a father of hunger, a grandfather of digestion and the grand grandfather of health." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir

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Elizabeth Heyenga - Infinite self

"We are here to love ourselves first, and from that compassion and kindness spring. And true health. Sometimes the universe needs to wash us clean of health, money, fame, false ego, whatever it takes to get us back to our infinite self." ~Elizabeth Heyenga

JEWISH/YIDDISH PROVERBS

“A mother understands what a child does not say.” ~Jewish Proverb

"An uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter." ~Jewish Proverb

"Ask advice from everyone, but act with your own mind." ~Jewish Proverb

"Do not hurry like the almond, first to bloom and last to ripen; be like the mulberry, last to blossom and first to ripen." ~Jewish Proverb

"Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys." ~Jewish Proverbs

"One should not stand at the feet of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel." ~Jewish Folk Saying

“Pride is the mask of one's own faults.” ~Jewish Proverb

"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul." ~Jewish Proverb

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“Confidence is half of victory.” ~Yiddish Proverb

"God gave burdens, also shoulders." ~Yiddish Proverb

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"God will one day hold us each accountable for all the things He created for us to enjoy, but we refused to do so." ~Rabbanic Saying

"A half-truth… is a whole lie." ~Yiddish Proverb

"Heaven and hell can both be found on earth." ~Yiddish Proverb

"If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." ~Yiddish Saying

"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep." ~Yiddish Proverb

"It's easier to be a critic than an author." ~Yiddish Proverb

"Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains." ~Yiddish Proverb

"The eyes are the mirror of the soul." ~Yiddish Proverb

"You cannot hold your head high with your hand out." ~Yiddish Proverb

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Clarisa Guinto Romanca Quotes

"Can you stop nature for giving humanity what they deserve? " ~Clarisa Guinto Romanca 

"Life is so simple, it only becomes complicated when we start to become slaves of our convenience. Selfish desires takes over, overpowering our set of humanitarian values and principles." ~Clarisa Guinto Romanca

Rebbe Nachman Quotes

"Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

"The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird, and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down." ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

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Arnold Haultain - Woman

"A woman's sigh can say more than a man's sermon." ~Arnold Haultain

Denise Matthews - Wonderful feeling

“You don’t have to worry about anything, you just walk out the door, which is a wonderful feeling.” ~Denise Matthews, Starts at 60

Sarah Gordy - Potential

"Don’t listen to labels. Believe in yourself. No one knows your potential. No one knows the future. It is ours to make, it is ours to show what we can do.” ~Sarah Gordy

Quotes on VESSELS

"A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it." ~Hildegard of Bingen

"A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful." ~Laozi (Lao Tzu)

"God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them." ~C. S. Lewis

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound." ~William Shakespeare

"The vessel with the pressel has the brew that is true." ~‪Janet Thompson‬

"When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel." ~Max Lucado

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Marshall Rosenberg - Compassion

"When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion." ~Marshall Rosenberg

Rebbe Menachem M Schneerson - A True Leader

"A true leader does not seek followers, he wants to teach others how to be leaders. He does not want control, he wants the truth. He does not impose his leadership on others, nor does he take away anyone's autonomy. He inspires by love, not coercion. When it comes time to take credit, he makes himself invisible; but he is the first to arrive at the time of need, and he will never shrink away in fear. He is so passionate about your welfare that when you consult him for guidance, it is like coming face to face with yourself for the first time." ~Rebbe Menachem M Schneerson (Lubavitcher Rebbe)

Nancy Stephan - Let go

"There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, people we can’t live without but have to let go." ~Nancy Stephan

Mike F. W. Waldorf Quotes

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‪"People may agree or disagree with his life's dispositions as a counteract against what he does and further say in public but there are things that Manny Pacquiao say which reflect the realities in every Filipino who struggle in life." ~‬Mike FW Waldorf

"To cross the Rubicon is a metaphor which means to take an irrevocable step that commits one to a specific course." ~Mike F Waldorf

"‬When we are almost at the breaking point of our life, there's a deeper message we have to take." ~Mike F. W. Waldorf

"You can (even) travel without worrying wherever your car 🚘 decides what destination it can bring you at your own comfort." ~Mike F. W. Waldorf

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Laura Wheeler Quotes

"I am an open book in a closed book store. You'll have to read me through the window." ~Laura Wheeler

POETRY

"Let's take a moment of silence for 

all of those shattered and broken, 

judged and ridiculed by being 

yourself. 

The time is here to embrace 

the differences involved in just 

being human. 

Let's flash flood the world with 

positivity for all the beautiful 

uniqueness. 

Let's make the broken 

feel beautiful again. 

~Laura Wheeler 

"Within her was a wolf.
One with strength and courage.
One that knew what it wanted and how to get it.
One that would hunt, capture and devour its prey.
It was never the woman that needed to be feared or her packaging to be revered.
It was the wolf within,
The one you saw when it was too late."
-Laura Wheeler

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Liz Newman - Gift to Yours, is

"We all have stories to tell, and they all matter. We all have unique gifts to offer the world. We all have our own experiences that paint the colors of our lives here. So paint a creation you can be proud of. Write a story overflowing with your truth. Don’t worry about what others might think of how you chose to paint each scene. Don’t worry about what others might think of the edits you had to make. Because your story is going to be a beautiful showcase of your individual strength. It is going to be your gift to the world, your gift to yourself." ~Liz Newman

Greta Thunberg Quotes

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"I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if your house is on fire. Because it is." ~Greta Thunberg

"Our civilisation is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money. Our biosphere is being sacrificed so rich people, in countries like mine, can live in luxury. It is the sufferings of the many, which pay for the luxuries of the few." ~‬Greta Thunberg, 16 year old Swedish high school student who refused to attend Friday classes and solitarily asked the Parliament to do something to save the future generation. This is excerpted from her speech before the UN Assembly on Climate Change.

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Alexandra Theodores - Law of Unity

"There are no coincidences, there are only synchronicities, stemming from the divine law of unity, interconnectedness and unconscious telepathic communication with all that is." ~Alexandra Theodores

FEATURED QUOTE FOR TODAY - Melodies of Nature

"Among the most serene moments I love to do are observing the dawn breaks, witnessing the setting sun and watching the starry night sky while listening to the melodies of the nature." ~Duoi Ampilan

Ashley Greene - on loving

"I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well." ~Ashley Greene

Irena Sendlerowa - Heroes

"Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal." ~Irena Sendlerowa