Ce vedem

Când ne uităm la o persoană, în realitate nu vedem aceea persoană: gândim doar că o vedem. Ceea ce vedem e ceva ce am fixat în mintea noastră. Primim o impresie şi rămânem cu aceea impresie, continuând să vedem aceea persoană printr-un filtru al acelei impresii. Şi asta o facem cam cu totul.

Anthony de Mello

Change

When Everything Changes, Change Everything!

Neale Donald Walsh  

Opinion

Be independent of the good opinion of others!

Dr. Wayne Dyer

Acum stiu, am aflat si eu...

Acum stiu, stiu ca orice ura, orice aversiune, orice tinere de minte a raului, orice lipsa de mila, orice lipsa de intelegere, bunavointa, simpatie, orice purtare cu oamenii care nu e la nivelul gratiei si gingasiei unui menuet de Mozart ... este un pacat si o spurcaciune, nu numai omorul, ranirea, lovirea, jefuirea, injuratura, alungarea, dar orice vulgaritate, desconsiderarea, orice cautatura rea, orice dispret, orice rea dispozitie este de la diavol si strica totul.
Acum stiu, am aflat si eu... "
Nicolae Steinhardt

Your time

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. 
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. 
Everything else is secondary.

                                                                 Steve Jobs

Schimbare

Orice schimbare, chiar şi una dorită, aduce cu ea o stare de melancolie… pentru că tot ce rămâne în urmă este o parte din noi înşine. Într-un fel, trebuie să murim pentru a putea începe o viaţă nouă.

Anatole France

Scopul vieţii

Scopul vieţii nu este de a învinge, ci de a creşte şi a contribui. Când priveşti înapoi la tot ce ai făcut în viaţă, vei avea mai multă satisfacţie din bucuriile pe care le-ai adus în vieţile altora decât din timpurile când i-ai întrecut şi învins pe alţii.

                                                                                                                    Harold Kushner

Amprente

Unii oameni vin si pleaca repede din viata noastra, altii stau o vreme, punandu-si amprenta pe inima noastra.
Dupa plecarea lor, nu vom mai fi niciodata aceiasi.

Octavian Paler

Alive

If the sight of the blue skies
fills you with joy,
if a blade of grass springing up in the fields
has power to move you,
if the simple things in nature
have a message you understand,
Rejoice,
for your soul is alive.

- Eleanora Duse

DOORS

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

                                                                ~ Helen Keller

Motivation

People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

- Zig Ziglar

Triple truth

Teach this triple truth to all:
a generous heart,
kind speech,
and a life of service and compassion
are the things which renew humanity.

The Buddha

Pacea sufletului

Pacea sufletului nu omoara speranta sau aventura, munca ori dragostea.
Ci doar curge molcom prin peisajul vietii noastre ocupate, neauzit si puternic; luminos si bland.
Intarindu-ne-n fapta si visare.

(P. Brown)

Distinction

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west;
people create distinctions out of their own minds
and then believe them to be true.

- The Buddha

Liberty

They who can give up essential liberty

to obtain a little temporary safety,

deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

Prayer of Saint Francis

Seigneur, faites de moi un instrument de votre paix.

Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l'amour.

Là où il y a l'offense, que je mette le pardon.

Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l'union.

Là où il y a l'erreur, que je mette la vérité.

Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi.

Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l'espérance.

Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière.

Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie.

Ô Maître,

Que je ne cherche pas tant à être consolé qu'à consoler,

A être compris qu'à comprendre,

A être aimé qu'à aimer,

Car c'est en donnant qu'on reçoit,

C'est en s'oubliant qu'on trouve,

C'est en pardonnant qu'on est pardonné,

C'est en mourant qu'on ressuscite à l'éternelle vie.

You are beautiful

To the people who love you,
you are beautiful already.
This is not because they're
blind to your shortcomings
but because they so clearly

see your soul.
- Victoria Moran

Poverty

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.
The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.
We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
- Mother Teresa

Forward

Life can only be understood backwards;

but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

Virtue

If you are virtuous, persons around you are bound to be benefited by happiness. This world can be compared to our body. If any organ (part) is diseased, the whole body is affected. Therefore, good people always keep themselves away from sin and engage themselves in right action. This is a simple truth.
Lalaji Maharaj

Transform

Thanking heaven even for our difficulties and misfortunes is the best way to transform them. You will see your difficulties in a different light, as if you had wrapped them in a film of pure gold.

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Our thoughts

What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.

- The Buddha

Irish Blessing

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.

May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.

May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.

And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

Individual

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I enjoy my own company

You're always alone, but you're only lonely if you don't like the person you're alone with.

Wayne Dyer

Do It Anyway

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.  Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.  Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.  Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten.  Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.  Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.  It was never between you and them anyway.

- Mother Teresa

Excuses

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver

Trezirea!

Cine priveşte în jurul său, visează; cine priveşte înăuntru său, se trezeşte.

Carl Gustav Jung

Thanks

When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh

Love and laughter

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.
August Wilson