"It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice."

-- William Glasser

#Choices Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Misery Quotes

“Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.”

Source : John Townsend Trowbridge (1881). “A Home Idyl: And Other Poems”
“O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees It is a love in darkness wrought obedient to the unseen sun, longer than memory, a thought deeper than the graves of time. The turning spindles of the cells weave a slow forest over space, the dance of love, creation, out of time moves not a leaf, and out of summer, not a shade.”
“As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely day,' and so on.”
“There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.”
“Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.”
“The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.”

Source : Charles Sumner (1845). “The True Grandeur of Nations: An Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1845”, p.82
“I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan,”
“In my stillness I am the eternal possibility. In my movement I am the cosmos.”

Source : FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Nov 09, 2011

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