Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The truth needs so little rehearsal.
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.
Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Each of the seven chakras are governed by spiritual laws, principles of consciousness that we can use to cultivate greater harmony, happiness, and wellbeing in our lives and in the world.
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.
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