Your Critics

“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.”  ~ Randy Pausch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch

Water

Nothing in the world,

Is as yielding and receptive as water;

Yet in attacking the firm and inflexible,

Nothing triumphs so well.

Because of what it is not,

This becomes easy.

The receptive triumphs over the inflexible;

The yielding triumphs over the rigid.

-Lao Tzu

Tao-te-ching

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. Proverb

"Everybody is unique. Do not compare yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum." ~ Baal Shem Tov

Permanent Relaxation

"Permanent relaxation comes as we relax our imaginary ideas about ourselves. We must remember that these imaginary self-images are always subconscious, unseen, so a man finds it difficult at first to connect his tension with them. Stated differently, a man cannot see how his self-pictures must always be at war with reality, causing endless tension and distress. It is his realization of all this which sets him free. To repeat, permanent relaxation comes as we relax our imaginary ideas about ourselves." ~ Esoteric Mind Power

Tolerance

"For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, an enemy is indispensable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind." ~ Dalai Lama

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." ~ Martin Luther King