Inspirational Quotes - Page 362

Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has for the world ... A cruel and merciless heart is never purified. A merciful man is the doctor of his own soul, because as it were a by a strong wind from is heart he drives out the darkness of the passions.

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

Love is a command to rise to one's highest potential, the best and noblest vision of ourselves. Love is a reward, the greatest we can earn, granted to us for the moral qualities we have achieved in our lives.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Let today be the day you give up who you've been for who you can become.

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden you grow depends on the seeds you plant and water. Long after a deed is done, the trace or momentum of the intention behind it remains as a seed, conditioning our future happiness or unhappiness.

All I got to be is be happy.

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy travels, because ultimately, you die at a very young age, or you live long enough to watch your friends die. It's a mean thing, life.

To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Knowledge is power, and for each level of knowledge, you are held responsible for how you use it.

Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!

It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.

Your whole life is inside your mind. Your mind is the prism that refracts the entire universe. Everything around you and within you comes from your mind.

Your existence is passing before you. Grains of sand in the hourglass. The Wicked Witch of the West has you in her castle and she's turned the hourglass over and the sand is running through. Will you be liberated or will you die? The only way you can beat death is liberation.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.