“The soul is dyed by the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny – it is the light that guides your way.”
– Heraclitus
Source: https://hubpages.com/education/forum/143803/pre-socratic-notion-of-cognitive-constraints
The Master was certainly no stranger to what goes on in the world.
When asked to explain one of his favorite sayings,
There is no good or ill but thinking makes it so,
this is what he said:
“Have you ever observed that what people call congestion in a train becomes atmosphere in a nightclub?”
– Anthony de Mello, More One Minute Nonsense
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
– Epictetus
Source: http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L002467/
“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.”
– Timber Hawkeye
Source: https://tinybuddha.com/wisdom-quotes/cant-calm-storm-stop-trying-can-calm-storm-will-pass/
“Whether it’s religion, politics, or love, force is never the way.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 63)
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“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and to have the two as close together as possible.”
–George Burns
Source: http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Spiritual_Humor.html
“Before us are life and death, good and evil. That which we shall choose shall be given us.”
– Ecclesiasticus
“When you meet someone, try your best not to pre-judge them. Because prejudice is something you decide on ahead of time.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 63)
“Give a man everything he wants and at that moment, everything will not be everything.”
– Immanuel Kant
Source: https://loveandlead.wordpress.com/2018/02/03/the-secret-of-contentment/
“When you always want more than you have, you’ll never have enough.”
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 62)
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