( 5 ) ♦ Men's related Quotes and Poetry ~ Always The Gift of Wise Words



~ men of good will ~.
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"COMPASSION"which can be Pointed out,
Practiced and therefore
Learned & Refined...
then becomes a spontaneous, authentic,
natural, warm "FELLOWSHIP-FEELING"
between humans based in their Humanity !
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Love and Compassion are Necessities -
Not luxuries.
Without them humanity
just cannot survive.
~ The Dalai Lama.
At the end of the talk someone from the audience
asked The Dalai Lama –
"Why didn't you fight back against the Chinese?"

The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit,
then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile.
"Of course the mind can surely ‘rationalize’ fighting back...
but the heart, the heart would never, never understand.
Then you would be divided in yourself,

the heart from the mind –
and then the war would be inside of you."


Really ‘seeing’ our own individual ‘Life’ itself as a viable ‘force’
for bringing happiness and peace to ourselves and to others.
Do we trust enough to surrender up our own ‘separateness’ ?


The opposite of Love is not Hate –
it's indifference.

The opposite of art is not ugliness –
it's indifference.

The opposite of faith is not heresy –
it's indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death –
it's indifference.
~ Elie Wiesel


Kindness in Words creates Confidence.
Kindness in Thinking creates Profoundness.
Kindness in Giving creates Love.
~ Lao Tzu

They drew a circle that shut me out –
Calling me a heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win –
We drew a circle that took them in.
~ Edwin Markham "Outwitted"

If you want to be an Ultimate Rebel,
you have to rebel against yourself, ultimately.


Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make them my friends ?
~ Abraham Lincoln

Violence is the language of the inarticulate.
~ Michael Beckwith
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We harm Ourselves ~
Not because we remember the harm we experienced -
But because we forgot to Forgive the harm done.


Being upset with myself for being upset -
I had to forgive myself for being unforgiving.


It is more painful to not forgive yourself.
Perhaps the primary "unforgivable" thing
is to not forgive yourself – when ones-self
is the only person that can forgive oneself.


Not taking anything 'personally' –
was something personally very liberating.

~ all above quotes – Shi'an ( Chine Sensei )
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"Man is the measure of all things." ~ Protagoras

Is the Hu’man the measure of all things ?
The deluded hu’man
is the 'false measurer'
of all "Their Own-things".
The enlightened hu’man
is the 'true measurer'
of "All Things".
They alone see Reality.


Your task is not to 'seek' for Love -
but merely to seek and find
all the 'barriers' within yourself,
that you have built against Love.
~ Rumi

Love and Compassion are Necessities - Not luxuries.
Without them humanity just cannot survive.
~ The Dalai Lama

BE KIND to YOURSELF

" You Yourself ~
as much as anyone in the entire Universe,
deserves your OWN affection, care and love.

You can explore the whole universe looking
for someone else who is more deserving of
your love & affection than you are yourself...
and you will not find that person anywhere.

To be maximum effective -
“The Practice of Loving-Kindness”
must absolutely begin with yourself ! " ~ The Buddha
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