"Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives."

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Source : Berthold Auerbach (1874). “On the heights: a novel”, p.436

Berthold Auerbach

#Gratitude Quotes #Joy Quotes #Soil Quotes

“Every book is an image of solitude. It is a tangible object that one can pick up, put down, open, and close, and its words represent many months if not many years, of one manâ€™s solitude, so that with each word one reads in a book one might say to himself that he is confronting a particle of that solitude”
“Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make into a nice, neat package continues to unravel.”
“When you spent so much time being terrified that you're going to get something, and then you have it, you don't have to be terrified anymore.”

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“Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.”
“Solve 90% of the problem as simply as you can, and then remove the other 10% from the problem requirements.”
“I don't care that no one has successfully defended the (light heavyweight) title. I care about preparation, training and getting inside the cage to fight.”
“Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next.”
“For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual about how to get it all right. We are ultimately a product of our biology and environment. Consequently, I choose to be compassionate with others when I consider how much painful emotional baggage we are biologically programmed to carry around. I recognize that mistakes will be made, but this does not mean that I need to either victimize myself or take your actions and mistakes personally. Your stuff is your stuff, and my stuff is my stuff.”

Source : Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.156, Penguin

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