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Sunday, 5 April
Two thoughts from Heimito von Doderer
“In comparison to what I’ve suffered from myself, the humiliation and suffering inflicted on me by others vanishes into insignificance.”
“The exhaustibility of a person is in inverse proportion to their real interests.”
Monday, 6 April
Two thoughts from Haruki Murakami
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“You don’t have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.”
Tuesday, 7 April
Two thoughts from William Ernest Henley
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
“Under the bludgeonings of chance,
My head is bloody, but unbowed.”
Wednesday, 8 April
Two thoughts from Donald Miller
“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.”
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
Thursday, 9 April
Two thoughts from Publilius Syrus
“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
“Seek to please many, and you seek a failure.”
Friday, 10 April
Two thoughts from Byron Katie
“When I argue with reality, I lose, but only 100% of the time.”
“If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.”
Saturday, 11 April
Two thoughts from Michael A. Singer
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind, you are the one who hears it.”
“It doesn’t matter what others do, unless you decide that it matters to you.”
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Dear Jim,
Great quotes this week! Loads of delightful ones here. Some of my faves:
Byron Katie:
“When I argue with reality, I lose, but only 100% of the time.”
“If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.”
Donald Miller:
“Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life.”
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
Haruki Murakami:
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“You don’t have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.”
Heimito von Doderer:
“The exhaustibility of a person is in inverse proportion to their real interests.”
Publilius Syrus:
“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
“Seek to please many, and you seek a failure.”
Michael A. Singer:
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind, you are the one who hears it.”
“It doesn’t matter what others do, unless you decide that it matters to you.”
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq
Now after reading the wonderful quote by William Ernest Henley, I've got that song in my mind😅
https://youtu.be/YX-Ru1XkNZc?is=I6MlqJStME4XspTH