inspiration

To know and not to do is really not to know at all.

– Stephen R Covey

We all believe we are the lead characters in our own story only to learn in fact we are the supporting cast of everyone else’s experience.  Sonder is the realization that you are not the only one living with such chaos and complexity and that all people’s lives are unique, strange, chaotic, and complex, just like yours. You are not alone.

– John Koenig

When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.

– Alexander Den Heijer

If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help build theirs.

– Dhirubhai Ambani

The secret to any relationship is patience. How much are you willing to give and how long are you willing to give it?

– Dad

We can approach the importance of compassion through intelligent reasoning. If I help another person then I myself will benefit from that. However, if I harm others, eventually I will be in trouble. If we wish to be truly selfish, then we should be wisely selfish rather than foolishly selfish. Our intelligence can help to adjust our attitude in this respect. If we use it well we can gain insights as to how we can fulfill our own self-interest by leading a compassionate way of life. 

-The Dali Lama