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    “Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.”

    André Gide, via Sunbeams (Page 89)

      “It’s not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at a time, to live every day as if it were my last and judge it in those terms, often badly, not because it lacked grand gesture or grand passion but because it failed in the daily virtues of self-discipline, kindness, and laughter. It is love, very ordinary, human love, and not fear, which is the good teacher and the wisest judge.”

      Jane Rule, via Sunbeams (Page 67)

        “Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don’t stop it. It hasn’t yet come? Don’t burn in desire for it, but wait until it arrives in front of you. Act this way with children, a spouse, toward position, with wealth—one day it will make you worthy of a banquet with the gods.”

        Epictetus, Enchiridion, via The Daily Stoic (Page 59)

        Marianna Williamson Quote on How All Human Behavior Is Either Love Or A Call For Love

          “The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one of two things: either love or a call for love.”

          Marianna Williamson

          Beyond the Quote (Day 405)

          I have been a Martial Arts Instructor for my entire professional life and have had the privilege of working with thousands of students of all ages and from all different backgrounds. Based on all of the human behavior that I have experienced, I see it as the same: either as acts of love or as calls for love. And usually, it’s the students who are acting out the most who are calling for love the loudest.

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          Seneca Quote on Using Rulers To Make What’s Crooked, Straight.

            “Without a ruler to do it against, you can’t make crooked straight.”

            Seneca, The Daily Stoic (Page 36)

            Beyond the Quote (Day 393)

            Role models serve as rulers for our lives. Without role models, there’s no reference to compare the line of our lives against. How to know which direction is “straight” and which is “crooked?” It’s like when you’re lost at sea. Having a reference point like the North Star or a compass to guide your direction is everything. Otherwise, who knows which direction leads to land? All direction is arbitrary without a guide. This is how it is in our lives, too.

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            Carl Jung Quote on How Confronting Darkness Can Show You To Your Light

              “To confront a person with his own shadow is to show him his own light.”

              Carl Jung, Sunbeams (Page 3)

              Beyond the Quote (Day 382)

              Like most, I can still vividly recall moments when I was caused a great deal of irritation, frustration, anger, and pain. Times when people didn’t follow through with their word, or when they would treat others unfairly, or when they did things that were irrational, nonsensical, or just plain malicious. And sometimes, those moments would get the best of me and cause an influx of negative, overpowering, blinding emotions. But what I didn’t realize then, that I can see more clearly now, is that the only reason I was able to see those shadows was because of my own light.

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                “All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.”

                Marcus Aurelius, via The Daily Stoic (Page 12)