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Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#compassion-wisdom #enemy #inspirational #interaction #kindness

Anguish is the universal language ↗

— Alice Fulton

#empathy #inspiration #language #understanding #inspirational

I believe the vital ingredient is love—a state of caring and compassion that is so deep and genuine that the barriers we erect around the self are transcended. ↗

— Larry Dossey

#healing #inspiration #love #wisdom #inspirational

Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud ↗

— Kanye West

#inspirational #kanye #west #inspirational

I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.” Mama reached up and smoothed Liza’s curls away from her face. “Well darlin’, that’s the sign of a life being lived. I think we’re all tired when we’re giving it our best. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#inspirational #life #moms #mothers #inspirational

She’d treasured every minute, but being with him was beginning to inspire more conflict within her than serenity. ↗

— Nicki Elson

#love #inspirational

Service to others is the price that you pay for your place here on Earth. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#inspirational #society #inspirational

The role of genius is not to complicate the simple, but to simplify the complicated. ↗

— Criss Jami

#complication #genius #intelligence #practicality #practicality-for-intellectuals

Honestly, Jared, one thing at a time. Why are you in a well with me? This is a really bad rescue!" [...] "I called the police as I was running to the well. I'm sure they're coming." "Did they say they were coming?" Kami asked suspiciously. "Or did you shout, 'Kami's in the well!' before jumping in the well too, thus loosing your phone and making sure the police think it was some kids playing a dumb joke?" Jared paused. [...] "Alternate plan," Jared said. "Do you have a very intelligent collie who might communicate through a system of barks to your parents that little Kami is in the well? ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#jared #kami #communication

Intelligence and common sense, what makes a person a real genius. ↗

— Wazim Shaw

#genius #inspiration #intelligence #motivation #inspirational