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As you get bigger, you’ll see that it’s not how you handle the wins that make you a good man, it’s how you handle the losses.”
“...Accept the differences, because they are superficial..Concentrate on the goodness in the other, rather than the difference". Yes. I knew that sounded simple, but I realized how seldom it's said. We divide ourselves in every waking moment. Blond or brunette. Blue states or red. Then we define ourselves by the divides. We do the same with love.”
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
“I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or, more accurately, my quivering bank balance, accessed through foreign ATMs—would give out, and I’d fall to the ground.”
― A House in the Sky
― A House in the Sky
“the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjun that his actions, not his beliefs, will set him free. Or, as Guru-ji put it, “When you’re in the bathtub, you need to move a little to feel the warmth.”
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
“Concentrate on the goodness in the other, rather than the difference.”
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
“...I just don't think we could ever get our heads around the concept of learning to love a stranger". But you already do, the Indians replied. You didn't choose your siblings, and yet you learned to love them. Your parents shoved you in a room and said, "Get along". And you did. You found the good in each other. You discovered that the more respect, caring, and altruism you added to the relationship, the stronger it grew.”
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
― How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom
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