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One of the greatest cause of unhappiness -
perhaps even the only cause of unhappiness - is comparison.
I remember as a young child hearing my mother say,
"Comparisons are odious."
That is one of the oldest sayings in the English language,
and one of the most important.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
- The Buddha
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another,
but let him work diligently and build one for himself,
thus by example assuring that his own
shall be safe from violence when built.
- Abraham Lincoln
Love is the total absence of fear.
Love asks no questions.
Its natural state is one of extension and expansion,
not comparison and measurement.
- Gerald Jampolsky
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion
is the truest to every man even if it stands low
in the scales of philosophical comparison.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
The ego lives by comparisons...
The ego cannot survive without judgment.
- A Course in Miracles
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles.
Life's true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin
I can't go back to yesterday -
because I was a different person then.
- Lewis Carroll
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Is today a day to gather strength from the storm -
a day to to learn life lessons for the next battle?
Or is today a day to sit by the fire
and watch the storm rage outside?
Either way, the storm is just life.
Give thanks for all of Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
Stay Happy, never let anyone get your goat.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Happiness cannot thrive within the prison of obligation
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The world is perfect. It's a mess.
It has always been a mess.
We are not going to change it.
Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
- Joseph Campbell
Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.
We give our own meaning to time as to life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,
but expecting different results.
- Rita Mae Brown, also attributed to Einstein
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends,
of most of the people you see every day,
is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White
He is richest who is content with the least,
for content is the wealth of nature.
- Socrates
Happiness walks on busy feet.
- Kitte Turmell
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences.
No one can eliminate prejudices -
just recognize them.
- Edward R. Murrow
Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses;
Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Knowing your own darkness is the best method
for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
- Carl Jung
Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller
The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
Life is without meaning.
You bring the meaning to it.
The meaning of life is
whatever you ascribe it to be.
Being alive is the meaning.
- Joseph Campbell
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
Not to know yet to think that one knows
will lead to difficulty.
- Lao Tzu
The life of inner peace,
being harmonious and without stress,
is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
- Socrates
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you wait for opportunities to occur,
you will be one of the crowd.
- Edward de Bono
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
He who is contented is rich.
- Lao Tzu
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
A time for work, a time for play -
balance in all things.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Treat those who are good with goodness,
and also treat those who are not good with goodness.
Thus goodness is attained.
Be honest to those who are honest,
and be also honest to those who are not honest.
Thus honesty is attained.
- Lao Tzu
Unsolicited Advice Is Always Meddling.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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