“Don’t get into arguments with ignorant people. If they’ve never learned, they don’t want to learn. You criticized that one fellow more candidly then you should have; as a result you didn’t correct him, you just offended him. From here on, watch out—not so much that what you’re saying is true, but that the person you’re talking to can stand the truth.”
— Seneca, On Anger 3.36.4
A Jewish man called his mother in Florida, “Mom, how are you?” “Not too good,” said the mother, “I’ve been very weak.” The son asked, “Mom, why are you so weak?” She replied, “Because I haven’t eaten in 27 days.” The son said, “That’s terrible. Why haven’t you eaten in 27 days?” The mother answered, “Because I didn’t want my mouth to be filled with food if you should call!”
Source: http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Spiritual_Humor.html
“No one likes to lose. But it’s losing that keeps us humble.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 62)
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
– Buddha
Source: https://tinybuddha.com/wisdom-quotes/morning-born-today-matters/
“Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
Source: There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem by Wayne W. Dyer
“Whether it’s religion or relationships, everything is first built on faith.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 62)
A visitor, in the course of explaining his religion to the Master, said, “We believe we are God’s chosen people.”
“What does that mean?” said the Master.
“That God chose us from among all the people of the earth.”
“I think I can guess who, from among all the people of the earth, made that discovery,” said the Master drily.
– Anthony de Mello, More One Minute Nonsense
“Pride is like a butterfly gloating to a caterpillar of its superiority. It never takes into consideration that it was once a caterpillar too.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 62)
“If terrible things have happened to you, you ought to have grown wise. If the worst possible events have befallen you, you should be the wisest of the lot. But instead of growing wise, most people become wounded. In a state of conscious response, it is possible to use every life situation—however ugly—as an opportunity for growth. But if you habitually think, “I am the way I am because of someone else,” you are using life situations merely as an opportunity for self-destruction or stagnation.”
― Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy
Source: https://www.innerengineering.com/online/blog/stepping-stone-for-personal-growth
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