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"You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by." -- James Matthew Barrie |
One is content if one can find
happiness in simple pleasures. Thomas Malloy |
The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind, and they
who have so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but their own disposition, will waste their lives in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief they propose to remove. Samuel Johnson |
"In the Arabic language, the word for "beauty" and "virtue" is the same. And "goodness." All three. In Islam, in the Muslim mind, they are not separated from each other.
Beauty can deal with external forms, but also with the beauty of the soul, with the beauty of the spirit within us. Beauty in a sense is more interiorizing. Beauty is what draws us directly to the divine - to the divine reality. The celestial beauty which is the center of the sacred art of various traditions is salvific - it's a way of salvation. And ugliness, which is the opposite of beauty, in Arabic also means "evil." Ugly is the evil. One of the signs we live in an evil world is the ugly ambience we have created for ourselves. Look at the remarkable predominance of beauty in nature - the remarkable predominance of beauty from the fish that swim in the sea under coral reefs that we are now destroying so rapidly in the gulf of Mexico to the great mountains where the snows are melting thanks to driving too many cars. I think what is happening is proof precisely of the error of our worldview. If we look at nature, look how beautiful it is. Many people today in the West that are atheists are the greatest protectors of nature. It is central to Islamic spirituality, and Islamic spirituality sees even morality in terms of spiritual beauty. We are created in beauty, we are drawn to beauty, our soul is drawn to beauty. So yes, there is a very deep nexus between beauty and happiness, and happy is the person who realizes inner beauty." - Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Being, APM) |
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves,
it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Francois La Rochefoucauld |
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*hugs you a zillion & 2 times* Thank you Jake. |
Hitting on one cheek in the ancient world, the superior would hit with the back of the hand. And if you turned your head, he'd have to use the other hand, and look you in the face - he would have to see you.
Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori (Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church) |
I shall grow old but never lose life's zest because the roads last turn will be the best - Henry van Dyke
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Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859
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Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings. ~Miles Franklin
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Fathers...
First Lesson The first thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind. They are dragon-seekers, bent on impossible rescues. Scratch any father, you find Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, Believing change is a threat - Like your first shoes with heel on, like your first bicycle It took months to get. Walk in strange woods, they warn you about the snakes there. Climb and they fear you'll fall. Books, angular looks, swimming in deep water - Fathers mistrust them all. Men are the worriers. It is difficult for them To learn what they must learn: How you have a journey to take and very likely, For a while, will not return. Phyllis McGinley |
There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire. ~Robert Brault
Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. ~Mary Tyler Moore You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. ~Wayne W. Dyer |
Tina Fey on Sarah Palin
"And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course --those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff.' But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster."
- Tina Fey, accepting the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize. |
“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. ”
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
"what's with the blamation? I said I didn't do it!" - a kid at work
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Practicing gratitude will help us more fully appreciate
what has been offered us. Being grateful influences our attitude; it softens our harsh exterior and takes the threat out of most new situations. unattributed |
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light,
for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Tecumseh |
I am so grateful for gratitude, a magical magnet.
A natural expression of a loving heart, The power of gratitude recharges our souls, In giving thanks we help heal the world And increase our abundance of blessings unknown. Katherine Scherer and Eileen Bodoh |
Money cant buy you happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer.
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"and now i'll stop the storm if it rains, i'll light a path far from here; i'll make your fear melt away and the world we know disappear." [angels&airwaves]
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