"If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life."

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Source : Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

Leo Tolstoy

#Happiness Quotes #Soul Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.”
“You can't please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don't care about Wayne Newton's demographics. When I do, I'll know that it's time to quit.”
“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”
“Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.”
“Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.198, Macmillan
“A person who is in the elements of his own is often thrown to a situation to be shown all alone; and people who arenâ€™t may be in a position seen by all, but they are often unknown to be utterly lone.”
“I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.”
“My master's visualizations were so powerful their condensation into matter was mere signature. Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The Path about his guru Yogananda.”

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