“Trying to keep up appearances is a signal of decay on the inside. Beware shallow living—in yourself and in others. It is only in the depths that life can thrive.”
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“Become individuals, that’s the first thing. The second thing is, don’t expect perfection and don’t ask and don’t demand. Love ordinary people. Nothing is wrong with ordinary people. Ordinary people are extraordinary! Each human being is so unique; have respect for that uniqueness. Third, give, and give without any condition—then you will know what love is. I cannot define it. I can show you the path to grow it. I can show you how to put in a rosebush, how to water it, how to give fertilizers to it, how to protect it. Then one day, out of the blue, comes the rose, and your home is full of the fragrance. That’s how love happens.”
― Being in Love: How to Love with Awareness and Relate Without Fear
― Being in Love: How to Love with Awareness and Relate Without Fear
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” —Norman Cousins”
― The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Heart's Desires
― The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Heart's Desires
“We must not just be recipients but givers! We must not just be keepers but donors! Giving brings relief and sharing enlightens the heart. Caring joins and showing love is life. It is never enough to acquire all acquisition. It is never enough to have all our ambitions. We must endeavor to give for giving out of a true heart is a true love and a true love is life.”
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“The truth is that we isolate a particular kind of love and appropriate it for the name of love, which really belongs to a wider whole.”
― The Symposium
― The Symposium
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