"When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we will avoid the kind of alienation that is destroying society, and we will become whole again. ... Learning to touch deeply the jewels of our own tradition will allow us to understand and appreciate the values of other traditions, and this will benefit everyone."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Spiritual Quotes #Blood Quotes #Jewels Quotes

“Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds.”
“In whatever sense this year is a new year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and gratitude.”

Source : Howard Thurman (2014). “Meditations of the Heart”, p.139, Beacon Press
“The girl must early be impressed with the idea that she is to be "a hand, not a mouth"; a worker, and not a drone, in the great hive of human activity. Like the boy, she must be taught to look forward to a life of self-dependence, and early prepare herself for some trade or profession.”
“I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance.”
“Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people dont seem to care about the fat aspect.”
“We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.”
“Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.”
“Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.”

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