Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming. – Rumi
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.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.
A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.
Gandhi
These are nice. Thanks both of you for posting.
"When we define, we also confine"
Unfortunately I have misplaced the book from where I read that. The discussion was how we might try to understand some 'thing' by defining it, but in the process of defining, we limit our understanding because we may have inadvertantly 'confined' the thing to some category.
Think of the word 'elephant'. Now think of all the words that you would use to describe 'elephant'. And then all the words to describe 'not-elephant'.
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Did you include "loving kindness"? If yes, does that mean everything that you define as 'not-elephant' excludes "loving kindness"?
Peace and love in all of us.
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself,
and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself,
I could have made an impact on my family.
My family and I could have made an impact on our town.
Their impact could have changed the nation and
I could indeed have changed the world.
~ Author Unknown
Love your neighbor as yourself. -- Jesus
My 2 favorites and pretty much my life's mantras. I'm a Gemini, I get bored easily, and I don't like being told what to do, therefore:
"Live and let live"
" Variety is the spice of life "
:)