"Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness - you can always remember that you are free in every moment to set the compass of your heart to your highest intentions. In fact, the two things that you are always free to do - despite your circumstances - are to be present and to be willing to love."

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Source : Jack Kornfield (2014). “A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times”, p.59, Sounds True

Jack Kornfield

#Heart Quotes #Loss Quotes #Two Quotes

“War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost.”

Source : Kenneth David Kaunda, Colin Morris (1980). “Kaunda on Violence”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”
“Orgasms are nice, but revolutions are better.”
“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.486
“Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep.”
“The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing.”
“When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. The Christian heart, when it has received something Divine, does not demand anything else in order to convince it that this is precisely from the Lord; but by that very effect it is convinced that this is heavenly, for it senses within itself spiritual fruits: love, joy, peace, and the rest (cf. Gal. 5:22).”
“I think it's really hard being in a boy band. There's a lot of dynamics.”

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