Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi: We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

A friend or co-worker shares a political, religious, economic, or social opinion that is opposite to yours - does that drive a wedge between your hearts?

Affirmation: All people are my heart-felt brothers and sisters.

Further reading: The Wisdom of Gandhi

Thomas Jefferson: I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

The Nature of Beliefs

UNITY - the eighth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Albert Einstein: Whoever is careless with the truth...

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein

It really does matter when we tell even the slightest untruth. Even something as well intentioned as telling someone their ill-finished hair style looks wonderful will backfire - certainly karmically, and usually practically.

Further reading: What is Honor? Is there a place for Honor today?

Don Miguel Ruiz: "Agreement" #1 "Be impeccable with your word"

John Lennon: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

Albert Einstein quotes

Joseph Campbell: When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves...

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell

The best cure for our own self-inflicted suffering is often service to others.
- jlh

Further reading: Gifts freely given are never obligations - jlh

Offering Comforting Words and Support ... Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. - St. Francis of Assisi

Bono Quotes - the Wisdom of Bono

A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or something other than himself. - Joseph Campbell

Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda (Star Wars movie)

Do or do not, there is no try.
- Yoda (Star Wars movie)

What's wrong with the common advice to Try, and Try Harder?

Saying, "I'll try," tends to feel half-hearted and unconvincing. We wouldn't say, "I'm going to try to go to the store for a loaf of bread," we would just say, "I'm going," and so we would.

We would feel extremely unsafe if the pilot of our aircraft announced, "I'm going to try to land at the New York airport in five minutes." When we say something like, "I'm going to try to get a better job," we exhibit a lack of confidence that inhibits our ability to accomplish what we intend.

Just take a deep breath, tell the world what you are going to do, and then do it.

I Dreamed a Dream

Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

I have a Dream... Martin Luther King Jr.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.
- Carl Sandburg

What is your dream - your life-dream? Have you begun to live it yet?

Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher: Dare to dream of your great success

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

Take Charge of Your Life - 9 Secrets for Getting Un-Stuck

Vince Lombardi quote: Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is

Intention versus Expectation (Demand)