Quotes by American Authors - Page 74

Think before you click. If people do not know you personally and if they cannot see you as you type, what you post online can be taken out of context if you are not careful in the way your message is delivered.
Germany Kent
It’s easy to be kind to friends who return your smiles and happily lend a helping hand. But the true test of good character is finding the will and desire to be kind and charitable to those who give us absolutely no motivation to do so.
Richelle E. Goodrich
My shoulders, broad and sculpted thick, were designed for two useful purposes. The one, to carry heavy loads like cedar logs and beams of steel and now and then the careful transfer of an injured friend to a bed of safety. The other purpose I consider superior, and that is to be, in all circumstances and forever, your headrest and cry pillow whereupon you may leave your heaviest burdens.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Let a kind word warm you when your thoughts turn cold
Marty Rubin
Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.
Vera Nazarian
Conformity keeps us closed minded.
Debasish Mridha M.D.
Silently sit on the beach, close your eyes, now see the flowing blue sky, feel the dance of waves, and hear the whispering love song of the southern breeze.
Debasish Mridha M.D.
Do--what should be done--without expecting anything in return.
Debasish Mridha M.D.
My writings are the mirror of my soul and the dance of my mind.
Debasish Mridha
Water is soft and humble, but it is the most powerful and is the most endurable.
Debasish Mridha
Find out the difference between ethics and morality, but never forget to be kind.
Debasish Mridha
A true friend fills our lives with the aroma of love.
Debasish Mridha
He who does not know how to appreciate flowers will not be able to see the beauty of life
Debasish Mridha
If you cultivate inner peace, flowers of happiness will grow in your garden to spread the fragrance of peace all over the world.
Debasish Mridha
The true purpose of your life is your ultimate abode.
Debasish Mridha
I am deeply in love with my life. With profound gratitude, I love and enjoy everything around me.
Debasish Mridha
What you give away with love will always remain with you.
Debasish Mridha
The highest happiness on earth exists in the donation of self for the betterment of others.
Debasish Mridha
A true lover is like a flower.
Debasish Mridha
To find the deep meaning of life, you must get lost in the blue sky and go beyond your comfort zone.
Debasish Mridha
Most often we forget to live our lives by being too busy passing the time.
Debasish Mridha
Believe in your purposes. Define yourself endlessly.
Debasish Mridha
Faith activates inner strength and universal power to help you in your endeavors.
Debasish Mridha
Don’t conform. Don’t live in a small dirty pond when the ocean of life is lovingly inviting you.
Debasish Mridha
A fundamental shift of our perceptions and consciousness are necessary for any great improvements for mankind.
Debasish Mridha
Love without reason—bloom without season.
Debasish Mridha
The power of our subconscious thoughts and desires attracts good luck.
Debasish Mridha
Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
Sharon Salzberg
But those who are incapable ofpitying animals are, as a matter of fact, incapable of pitying men.A physician who would cut a living rabbit in pieces -- laying barethe nerves, denuding them with knives, pulling them out withforceps -- would not hesitate to try experiments with men and womenfor the gratification of his curiosity.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ayurveda teaches us to love "as is" - not as we think people "should be.
Lissa Coffey
Christ's version of kindness: I know you are hurt. I contributed to that. Maybe, I should have said more. Done more. Listened. I am sorry for my part in the situation. I am sorry if I caused you any pain or confused you with my actions or words. How can I help you move on? I want you to have peace in your life. Let's end this by communicating.The world's perverted version of kindness: You caused your own pain. You get what you get. Get over it and move on. Maybe, one day you will figure out what happiness really means. By the way, I am not responsible for giving it to you. Nor, do I have to put up with people that don't bring me joy or who I can't trust. I am only responsible for myself. I will pray for you because I am a good Christian.
Shannon L. Alder
The path of compassion does not obligate you to love people regardless of how they act or who they are. It is a path of seeing the truth of who people are, acknowledging all their parts, their humanness as well as divinity. It is the path of looking at people and asking, "is there anything I can do to heal, assist, or bring them in touch with their higher vision?" If there is not, then you are pulling down your own energy by spending time with them".
Sanaya Roman
The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system...
Jacqueline Ripstein
If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, it's difficult to know the fit, so be kind and compassionate.
Heather Wolf
There is no such thing as tough love. Love is kind, love is compassionate, love is tender.
Heather Wolf
It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before the body dies. Yet, so many people can go years hanging onto pain and feeling emotionally dead inside. I suppose if it was the other way around more people would go to school to be morticians because of the booming business, or pastors would have to hand out Valium with the sacrament, just to keep the census high.
Shannon L. Alder
If you’re treating people poorly then you're not emulating God’s love. God always resides with the broken hearted.
Shannon L. Alder
To please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility.
Jim George
Nowhere in the bible did it say, “Only show compassion and empathy to those you can trust.” If we did that, we would be burying homeless people every day.
Shannon L. Alder
It's easy to make a mess when you're not the one who has to clean it up.
Criss Jami
If it were true love, he would never make you sacrifice your dignity to be with him. He would respect you and treat you as if you were sacred to his heart. If he loved you as dearly as he professes to love Christ, then he would never let anyone that loved him suffer or lower their self worth to be with him. True love is compassion, respect and honorable acts that prove love.
Shannon L. Alder
Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.
Shannon L. Alder
A tearless heart is a callous heart.
Jim George
In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot.
Richard J. Foster
The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
Aberjhani
Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them.
Criss Jami
Some people find God in love; I find God in suffering. I've known for some time what my life's work is, using my hands as tools to relieve suffering.
Kayla Mueller
It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions.
Matt Perman
Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from compassion and emerges from deep inner solidarity with those who are 'subject' to authority. The one who is fully like us, who deeply understands our joys and pains or hopes and desires, and who is willing and able to walk with us, that is the one to whom we gladly give authority and whose 'subjects' we are willing to be.It is the compassionate authority that empowers, encourages, calls forth hidden gifts, and enables great things to happen. True spiritual authorities are located in the point of an upside-down triangle, supporting and holding into the light everyone they offer their leadership to.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Give Compassion: Every day the average person fights epic battles never told just to survive.
Ken Poirot
You can't fix things with a hug, but you can't make them any worse either.
Dean Koontz
When peoples cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
Langston Hughes
Make choices in life that don't leave people bitter, worse off or confused. Any choice that leads you to do this is a choice that didn't include God in the decision making process.
Shannon L. Alder
Arrange your life in such a way that you don't make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.
Shannon L. Alder
A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours.
Shannon L. Alder
Pour God's love out of you in pitcher fulls, not thimbles.
Shannon L. Alder
Storms don't come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean.
Shannon L. Alder
Depression can seem absurdly self aggrandizing to those who do not experience it, But that does not make it any less painful to those who do.
Richard Brookhiser
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you were wrong? Maybe, you only saw your point of view and you never once put yourself in the other person's shoes. Maybe, walking away from the senseless drama and spiteful criticism isn't the best thing to do. Maybe, for just once in your life you could wear another person's confusion, pain or misunderstanding. Maybe, your future doesn't require explaining yourself or offering an explanation for your indifference, but your character and reputation does. What if one day you find out that you didn't have all the information you thought you did? What if you find out that your presence was needed for healing? What if you only knew half of it and the other half was just your fear and anger translating everything you experienced? What if you were wrong? What if the same thing happened to you?
Shannon L. Alder
You shut your door to these poor women," he said so they could hear him, "and you'll answer for it the rest of your lives. You won't sleep. You'll choke on drinks. The food you eat'll block up your bowels and you'll die of your own shit.
Glendon Swarthout