Sayings & Quotes

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Each person is his own judge.ÔÇØ ┬áShawnee

ÔÇ£With all things and in all things, we are relatives.ÔÇØ Sioux

ÔÇ£The one who tells the stories rules the world.ÔÇØ ┬áHopi
Native American proverb

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.ÔÇØ Sioux

ÔÇ£Tell me and IÔÇÖll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and IÔÇÖll understand.ÔÇØ

Native American proverb

ÔÇ£Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.ÔÇØ
Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why theyÔÇÖre falling in.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Cultivate your forgiveness with your friends, with your family, with strangers, and with yourself. Remind yourself that every person you encounter carries a sorrow and a struggle. Recognise that we all share a fundamental humanity.ÔÇØ

"We are made to exist in a delicate network of interdependence. We are sisters and brothers, whether we like it or not. To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity. And those who shred the web of interconnectedness cannot escape the consequences of their actions."
ÔÇ£We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.ÔÇØ

Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering ÔÇô remembering and not using your right to hit back. It's a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don't want to repeat what happened.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£In our own ways, we are all broken. Out of that brokenness, we hurt others. Forgiveness is the journey we take toward healing the broken parts. It is how we become whole again.ÔÇØ


Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

Giving the emotion a name is the way we come to understand how what happened affected us. After weÔÇÖve told the facts of what happened, we must face our feelings. We are each hurt in our own unique ways, and when we give voice to this pain, we begin to heal it.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Forgiveness is nothing less than the way we heal the world. We heal the world by healing each and every one of our hearts. The process is simple, but it is not easy.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realise our need of one another.ÔÇØ
Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

People are not born hating each other and wishing to cause harm. It is a learned condition.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£It was relatively easy, we now realise, to categorise countries and nations. You knew who your enemies were and whom you could count on as collaborators and friends. And even more importantly, you had ready-made scapegoats to take the blame when things were going wrong.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible. We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another ÔÇô when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship ÔÇô our suffering begins to transform.ÔÇØ
Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£We are made for loving. If we donÔÇÖt love, we will be like plants without water.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely. But if you have an open heart and are filled with trust and friendship, even if you are physically alone, even living a hermitÔÇÖs life, you will never feel lonely.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.ÔÇØ

Desmond Tutu

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.ÔÇØ
Desmond Tutu

ÔÇ£Men are afraid women will laugh at them....women are afraid men will kill them.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Men often ask me 'why are your female characters so paranoid?' Its not paranoia. Its recognition of their situation.ÔÇØ
Margaret Atwood

[Kenj]

The institute of unfinished research has concluded that 6 out of 10 people......

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Men are afraid women will laugh at them....women are afraid men will kill them.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£I hope that people will come to realise that there is ony one 'race' ÔÇô the human race - & that we are all members of it.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£We still think of a powerful man as a born leader & a powerful woman as an anomaly.ÔÇØ


Margaret Atwood

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Women will suffer most from climate change, as lawlessness triggered by disasters & food shortages make them vulnerable to rape & other violence.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£I don't even call it climate change, I call it the ÔÇ£everything change.ÔÇØ Its the change of everything.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£In time girls will be able to grow up believing that no avenues are closed to them simply because they are girls.ÔÇØ

Margaret Atwood

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£We are all leaves of one tree. We are all waves of one sea.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. ThatÔÇÖs the message he is sending.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.ÔÇØ
Thich Nhat Hanh

[Kenj]

"Fite Illiterisy" On the wall of my lawyers office in Auckland in late 60's

[Lilith7]

"Fite Illiterisy"  On the wall of my lawyers office in Auckland in late 60's

Love that! 

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realise.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Life is a miracle, & being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.ÔÇØ



Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£Because you are alive,everything is possible.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Many people think excitement is happiness...but when you are excited, you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.ÔÇØ

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£If in our daily life we can be peaceful & happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognise: a blue sky, white clouds,green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child ÔÇô our own two eyes. All is a miracle.ÔÇØ

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, & they become better & better Christians all the time.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Smile, breathe & go slowly.ÔÇØ

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Lilith7]

ÔÇ£If you love someone, but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Birth is okay & death is okay; if we know that they are only concepts in our minds. Reality transcends both birth & death.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£My actions are my only true belongings.ÔÇØ

Thich Nhat Hanh

[R2x1]

ÔÇ£If you love someone, but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Birth is okay & death is okay; if we know that they are only concepts in our minds. Reality transcends both birth & death.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£My actions are my only true belongings.ÔÇØ

Thich Nhat Hanh

Birth is okay & death is okay; but between is the tricky bit . . .
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Dear Commissioner Of Inland Revenue,

ÔÇ£My actions are my only true belongingsÔÇØ, your services are not required.