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a native american grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt about the tragedy of september 11 • he said, I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart • one wolf is vengeful, angry, violent • the other wolf is loving, forgiving, compassionate. the grandson asked him, which wolf will win the fight in your heart? the grandfather answered, the one I feed.
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a winner is a loser who never gave up.
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better to strengthen your back than lighten your burden
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don't grieve that your roses have thorns • rejoice instead that your thorns have roses
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everything in the universe is subject to change and everything is on schedule.
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god has no hands but your hands
god has no feet but your feet
god has no face but your face
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healing is just a matter of aligning oneself with god's will.
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hope is not pretending that troubles don't exist... it is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be healed and difficulties overcome... it is faith that a source of strength and renewal lies within to lead us through the dark to the sunshine...
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if you want to find a spark, sift through the ashes
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it's always been and always will be the same in the world: the horse does the work, and the coachman is tipped.
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jump, and the net will appear.
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may you encounter today someone who inspires you to see yourself as i see you; someone who supports you in the way you have strongly supported me; someone who speak kind words to you as you have so often spoken to me; and may the light of hope and joy that you ignite in me be rekindled in you by all you encounter today.
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my goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
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one old Hasidic rabbi asked his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day begun, for that is the time for certain holy prayers • "is it," proposed one student, "when you can see an animal in the distance and tell whether it is a sheep or a dog?" "no," answered the rabbi • "is it when you can clearly see the lines on your palm?" "no," answered the rabbi each time • "then what is it" the pupils demanded • "it is when you can look on the face of any man or woman and see that they are your sister or brother • until then it is still night."
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reverse living:
life is tough • it takes a lot of your time, all your weekends, and what do you get at the end of it? death, a great reward • i think that the life cycle is all backwards • you should die first, get it out of the way • then you live twenty years in an old-age home • you are kicked out when you're too young • you get a gold watch, you go to work • you work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement • you go to college, you party until you're ready for high school • you become a little kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little boy or girl, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating • and you finish off as a gleam in someone's eye.
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seeking words of wisdom from a renowned adept, a young acolyte trekked to the top of a mountain • sitting at the master's feet he asked, "can you tell the future?" the master said, "certainly I can • it's easy • today is just like yesterday • tomorrow will be just like today • unless, of course, there's a change of consciousness."
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success is the ability to go from one failure to another without any loss of enthusiasm
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the brook would lose its song
if the rocks were removed.
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the most visible creators i know of are those artists whose medium is life itself • the ones who exposes the inexpressible - without brush, hammer, clay or guitar • they neither paint nor sculpt - their medium is being • whatever their presence touches has increased life • they see & don't have to draw • they are the artists of being alive...
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the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing • he may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live • he's forfeited his freedom • only the person who risks is truly free.
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there are ten strong things in the world, say the rabbis: rock is strong but iron cleaves it; fire melts iron; water extinguishes fire; the clouds bear aloft the water; the wind drives away the clouds; man withstands the wind; fear unmans man; wine dispels fear; sleep overcomes wine; and death sweeps away even sleep • but strongest of all is loving kindness, for it defies and survives death.
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you can't do anything to erase the past, but you can do everything to build the future
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