Thought for Today

Anger Begets More Anger

“Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.” — Mahavira Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/lead-quotes

Surrender your self-interest

“Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.” – Lao Tzu

Hatred ceases through love

“Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.” – Buddha

There is still much that is fair

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Only three things matter

“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” – Buddha

Tolerant or condescending?

“Of what use is it to be tolerant of others if you are convinced that you are right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong? That isn’t tolerance but condescension.” ― Anthony de Mello, The Way to Love

Necessities not luxuries

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In the spirit of love

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”—Henry Drummond