If thy brother wrongs thee,
remember not so much his wrong-doing,
but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus
We must learn to live together as brothers
or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not.
- Bono
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
- Francois Fenelon
Forgive Your Brother from Your Heart.
- Matthew 18:21-22
Today's affirmation:
All people are my heart-felt brothers and sisters.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Perspective on Diversity
One World
Condemn None
Respect Others
The World is My Family
The Web of Life
Through humor, you can soften some
of the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
A sense of humor... is needed armor.
Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign
that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
- Hugh Sidey
Laughter gives us distance.
It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
- Bob Newhart
You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
- Mark Twain
Today is your day to laugh at life,
laugh at what's funny - laugh at what's sad,
laugh loud - laugh often,
laugh at me - laugh at you - laugh at life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Sense of Humor
Life Is Not Meant to be Serious
Be Cheerful
Lighten Up
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
If you want to make peace with your enemy,
you have to work with your enemy.
Then he becomes your partner.
- Nelson Mandela
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln
You have heard that it was said,
"Love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
But I tell you: Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you.
- Jesus (Matthew 5:43-44)
The practice of forgiveness is our most important
contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson
Further reading:
Categorizing People
Life is a Reflection
Go and Do Likewise
Fear and Love
On the Unworkability of Vengeance
To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake
is to be continually thrown out of the nest.
- Pema Chodron
One does not become fully human painlessly.
- Rollo May
Don't ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the
young and inflame their intellects.
- Robert M. Hutchins
Choose to be as a young child -
fully awake, eager for the next experience.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Embracing Change
Staying Flexible
Being Fully Alive
Being Fully Awake
Being Conscious
Welcoming Change
The Adventure of Life
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
There are many answers you have received but have not yet heard.
- A Course In Miracles
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
We thought that we had the answers,
it was the questions we had wrong.
- Bono
Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly,
because your hands are so busy clasping
what you think you have always known.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Further reading:
Profound Questions
The Mysterious
Soar Your Spirit
Answers
What We Expect to See
