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Not what we have,
but what we enjoy,
constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus
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Skillful pilots gain their reputation
from storms and tempest.
- Epicurus
If thou wilt make a man happy,
add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- Epicurus
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession
as they torment us with their loss.
- Epicurus
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What we enjoy constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
- Epicurus
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us,
as the confidence of their help.
- Epicurus
Lord, grant that I might not so much
seek to be loved as to love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
The beauty does not live out there;
the beauty's in my eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Trust in the Light.
Darkness is not a force -
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar -
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
Open yourself to the Light!
Hold back nothing,
Trust in the Light.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -
not from the mind.
- Sheri Rosenthal
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
- Hans Christian Andersen
I am not afraid of storms
for I am learning how to sail my ship.
- Louisa May Alcott
The essence of life is not in
the great victories and grand failures,
but in the simple joys.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
Love is granting another the space to be
the way they are and the way they are not.
- Werner Erhard
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
- Marianne Williamson
Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.
- A Course In Miracles (commonly misattributed to Rumi)
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
Treat those who are good with goodness,
and also treat those who are not good with goodness.
Thus goodness is attained.
Be honest to those who are honest,
and be also honest to those who are not honest.
Thus honesty is attained.
- Lao Tzu
It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
- George Eliot
Where fear is, happiness is not.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
- Peter F. Drucker
Life is not about how fast you run
or how high you climb
but how well you bounce.
- Vivian Komori
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
- Oscar Wilde
To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
Not to know yet to think that one knows
will lead to difficulty.
- Lao Tzu
Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."
Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Life is not supposed to be fair.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,
but by the love we're not extending in the present.
- Marianne Williamson
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
Farewell My Friend
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
save the pain I'll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care...
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life
I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
for that's what I'll like
when you live in the hearts
of those you love, remember then
you never die.
- Gitanjali Ghei
The world is perfect. It's a mess.
It has always been a mess.
We are not going to change it.
Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
- Joseph Campbell
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.
- Erich Segal
Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.
- Native American traditional
Well, I don't know what will happen now.
We've got some difficult days ahead.
But it doesn't matter with me now.
Because I've been to the mountaintop.
And I don't mind. Like any man,
I would like to live a long life.
Longevity has its place.
But I'm not concerned about that now.
I just want to do God's will.
And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain.
And I've looked over.
And I've seen the promised land.
I may not get there with you.
But I want you to know tonight, that we,
as a people, will get to the promised land.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.
- Mark Twain
Hold on... Joyfully.
Holding-on does not have to be
a desperate teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Great works are performed not by strength,
but by perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson
Our loved ones -
whether by blood, by marriage, or by choice -
are delicate treasures.
If we hold them too close, they break -
as a butterfly would.
By honoring and enjoying
the freedom of our loved ones,
we gain our own freedom.
Have the courage to trust that
the beautiful butterflies of your life
will return - or not - as life intends.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves
that all of life is not black and white.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
If we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.
- Anne Bradstreet
Not everything that casts a long shadow is to be feared.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Count your blessings - not your troubles.
- Dale Carnegie
I am an optimist.
It does not seem too much use being anything else.
- Winston Churchill
Success is a journey, not a destination.
- Ben Sweetland
The opposite of courage in our society
is not cowardice, it is conformity.
- Rollo May
Do not let Sunday be taken from you.
If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
- Albert Schweitzer
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- The Buddha
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one.
- John Lennon
Darkness is not a force -
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light
is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar -
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The possession of knowledge does not
kill the sense of wonder and mystery.
There is always more mystery.
- Anais Nin
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