Over the years I have quoted many. Here I share my favorites and most frequently used.
The below quotes are in no particular order.
“ A parent’s job isn’t to teach the kids how the world is; a parent’s job is to teach them how the world should be”
Alex Williams – Suits Season 8, Episode 5
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
“She said the mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: ‘A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.”
Frank Herbert – Dune
“You Are Not a Human Being Having a Spiritual Experience. You Are a Spiritual Being Having a Human Experience”
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has
Margaret Mead
“What is the meaning of life?”
“Life has no meaning but you can make it meaningful by seeking truth and practising compassion”
“The meaning of life is not something inherent but is created through our actions, particularly through acts of compassion and service to others.”
This is my version of:
“”The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
Buddhist thought often attributed to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.