Evolving Toward Cooperation

A small body of determined spirits
fired by an unquenchable faith
in their mission
can alter the course of history.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous

Though force can protect in emergency,
only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation
can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Competition has been shown to be useful
up to a certain point and no further,
but cooperation, which is the thing
we must strive for today,
begins where competition leaves off.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

The choice is to work alone to be a little
more successful than the next person,
or to work together for the great betterment of humanity.
Do you ever question why our educational system
teaches competition rather than cooperation?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you can laugh together, you can work together.
- Robert Orben

Further reading: A Shared Dream

Standing Together

Win-Win vs. Compromise

Progress of the Human Mind
       

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
- although attributed to St. Francis of Assisi,
this prayer first appeared (written in French) in 1912

Further reading: The Universal Sacrament of Compassion

Doing God's Work

Feed Just One

Be an Open Channel

Peace IS the Way
      

Never Lose Your Dreams

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
- Langston Hughes

You see things and you say, Why?
But I dream things that never were and say, Why not
- George Bernard Shaw

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Steve Jobs' Three Rules of Life

Never Lose Hope

How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Choose With Intention
        

Success Requires Optimism

If we say, "This is never going to work..."
then chances are excellent it never will.
- John Assaraf

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
- William James

Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it,
while every pessimist would keep the world at a standstill.
- Helen Keller

Whatever happens, always look to tomorrow -
with courage and optimism.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Optimism

Be the Melody

Mental Attitude
      

Always Act with Compassion

The purpose of human life is to serve,
and to show compassion and the will to help others.
- Albert Schweitzer

Start each day with a heartfelt prayer that reaffirms
your intention to always act with compassion and love.
- Lama Surya Das

Compassion is the ultimate value in life.
Service is the ultimate action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Giving liberates the soul of the giver.
- Maya Angelou

Further reading: Spread Love

Compassion and Morality

Become Kinder

God IS Compassion