Never lose hope
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
To change the world, first change yourself.
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.”
Use the gift of free will to choose how you will react to what life brings you
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
Forgive, and free yourself from the self-defeating cycle
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Live what you say so that your words are true and meaningful
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
Focus on your only point of power: the present
“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
Reach high, knowing that you are may sometimes fall and have to start again
“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
Have the patience and will to persist
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Measure yourself by the way you treat others
“I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.”
“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”
Always have the courage to change for the better
”Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”
Adapted from positivityblog (See ‘Great links’ in the menu)
T.Z. 16 June 2008
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