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- It doesn’t cost to be nice, but it’s very costly to be mean.
- A greeting is the human form of a sunrise.
- He who excludes others ultimately leaves himself out.
- Make “the other” a brother (or a sister).
- We are each other’s greatest wealth.
- We = Everyone, Everywhere.
Them = Sorry, don't know anyone by that name.
- One thread weaves through all.
- The little boy never leaves a man, nor the little girl a woman, no matter how old they grow.
- The best philanthropy is giving inspiration.
- Never make sport of antagonizing another.
- Kindness is the best infection we could ever pass on.
- People would love it if you said hello.
- Build bridges wherever you go.
- There is nothing more ridiculous than a cruel man selling greeting cards.
- Sometimes sweet fruits grow from bitter seeds.
- Be a warm house in a storm.
- The greatest poverty is a lack of love.
- Surrender yourself to love, in every breath and every thought, in every deed and every wish.
- There is no greater calling, no prize more worthwhile than love.
- Find enlightenment in the one you love.
- Follow the dream of love.
- Touch the passion of another and you shall have a friend forever.
- A strong marriage, like a sailboat, needs both keel and sail.
- Be as loving to family as you are to strangers.
- Love makes all things perfect.
- One day they will stop holding your hand. It will be one of the saddest days of your life. But they will never stop hugging you!
- When you touch a tree, you touch the roots of the universe.
- The tree of humanity has one trunk, diverse branches, and billions of leaves.
- One seed can grow a forest.
- When you cut down trees, you cut off the limbs of future generations.
- Learn the love call of the Baba Koto (Indri lemur): Puh ah, Puh ah, Puh ah.
- We are birds chirping.
- All creatures carry the love of mother for child.
- The apple is separate from, but very much a part of, the tree from which it falls.
- Seagulls and sailboats always look in the direction of the wind.
- All flowers first grew wild.
- Sometimes trees grow so close they become one.
- It’s amazing how long 20 seconds is when you stop to listen to it.
- Never rush by a lotus.
- Drown yourself in the breath of the world around you.
Be still.
- To see and to be seen are among the greatest gifts that can be exchanged.
- Learn to hear the silence.
- Strive to live an eternity within every moment.
- Maintain a limber body to keep a flexible mind.
- Put out the jars to catch the rain.
- Wisdom carries with it the weight of knowing.
- You’ve got to leave a little room for the bamboo to bend.
- There is nothing to chase.
It is all right here.
- The best way to keep a secret is to not give someone the burden of holding one.
- Be silent. Speaking is not a sense.
- When the sun sets, our souls rise.
- God speaks through sunsets and dawns. You always find Him there.
- No matter how
small the space
or short the time,
find the eternity
inside of it.
- Perhaps the next breath is the answer.
- Time to stare at the pond.
- Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.
- In water, worries are washed away.
- Living fully is a combination of doing and being.
- The soul appears only when the mind and ego are at rest.
- Imagine a world with mountains, but no valleys, deserts, but no oceans.
- There is no judgment, only being.
- You become what you think in every moment.
- We are the water in the cup and the pourer.
- Resist the temptation to overcomplicate.
- Sins shape us just as good deeds do.
- Breathe in patience. Let its hum soothe you.
- Every dune is filled with sand. Let every cell be filled with gratitude.
- When in doubt, try trying.
- Beyond this storm, there exists an eternal sun and sky that is always blue.
- Cynicism is a weed that should be picked, never planted.
- To never compete again…
Only embrace…
What joy!
- If you run fast enough, you can catch a falling snowflake!
- Do not see barriers where none exist.
- Decide to be free.
- Dare not only to dream
but to do your dreams.
- Do everything you can with everything you’ve got right now, right now, right now.
- An angel can fly no matter how broken.
- Inhale courage. Exhale fear.
- Problem is
you never get
in a bout
without getting hit
yourself.
- Don’t let the imaginary scenarios monopolize your mind; envision a brighter future.
- There are still poets in the world.
- If not now, when?
In the next life?
- Leave something wonderful for this world.
- Always err on the side of the joie de vivre.
- We are forever parents to our own creations.
- Our trials never cease. They just change shape.
- Never underestimate the importance of a hug.
- Character isn’t built by sleeping in.
- You’ll never regret genuine effort.
- Don’t hide in the woods when you can stand in the rain.
- We are a part of a future seeking to emerge. If we can step outside ourselves, that future can flow within us.
- Travel gives and takes much.
- Travel teaches us that we have less to fear.
- Your most important possession is the goodness within your own soul.
- Collect your wealth in smiles.
- What is that thing that you are most afraid of, yet yearn to do the most? That is your calling.
- You can't grow oranges from apple trees.
- There is no stopping you from becoming what you already are.
- A journey into a foreign land is a sojourn into the self.
- Some dreams imprison you. Others set you free.
- Carry the seeds up the hill. It is your duty, but let the thoughts roll on down.
- A river always knows which way to flow.
- A sailor will never learn to sail without wind.
- There’s an ocean between theory and action.
- Sometimes you need to go to the mountains to find the truth.
- It matters not how long it took the rivers to merge, only that they did.
- No matter how far, walk to school.
- Actions are our most eloquent words.
- In the desert things just are.