One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Lewis Carroll

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

Hermann Hesse

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

Joseph Campbell

Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity.

John Mitchell Mason

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be-and when they're not, we cry. ~ Unknown

Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith.

Adel Bestavros

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Robert Brault

It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. ~ Quote from Joe Moore, pic from the movie Surf's Up

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 30:5

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Psalm 9:18

Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.

The Alchemist

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Frank Barron

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow-that is patience.

Author unknown

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

Joseph Campbell

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

Mother Teresa

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving...and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley

"If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light you've probably got an equal amount of darkness"

Sarah McLachlan

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

Prince Gautama Siddharta (Buddha)

As your faith is strengthened you will find
that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control,
that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow
with them, to your great delight and benefit.

Emmanuel Teney

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try

again tomorrow.”

Mary Anne Radmacher

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
Orlando Bloom

“Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.”

Marianne Williamson

“Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.” ~ Unknown author

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

Mark Twain

Lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one”

C.S. Lewis

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Albert Schweitzer

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
Henry Taylor

Patience is also a form of action. ~Auguste Rodin

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Samuel Johnson

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato

“The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.”

Charles de Lint

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
Ryunosuke Satoro

Found on WeHeartIt, if it belongs to you let me know and I'll remove it.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb

"Misfortune does not always wait on vice; nor is success the constant guest of virtue." ~ Unknown Author

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. ~ Mencius

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23, spoken by the character Scout

“Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment - a way of looking at one's existence, one's misfortune, or one's discomfort. If you really love, if you really know how to laugh, the result is the same: you forget yourself.”

~ Author Unknown

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

~ Howard Thurman

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”~Unknown author

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” Author Unknown

Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships. ~Author Unknown

"A human being is a part of the whole that we call the universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical illusion of his consciousness. This illusion is a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for only the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature."

Albert Einstein

“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.”

Pearl S. Buck

“What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“If they can’t get close enough to hurt you, they can’t get close enough to love you.”

Unknown

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Audrey Hepburn

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

Unknown

Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility, for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

I Peter 1:5

Take care of little jealousies
And talk that kills for fun
And hold your heart in readiness
It's so easy to come undone

Carole King Peace in the Valley

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”

St. Francis of Assisi

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Rick Warren

With purpose comes hope.

“You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything... We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.”

Lewis B. Smedes

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Helen Keller

...Impossible things are happening everyday...

Line from a song in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1965 version of Cinderella

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.

Joseph Campbell

Listen to me and I'll sing you a song
And the time will go by
'til you never know where it's gone
Talk to me and I'll tell you my life story
Walk with me and I'll tell you my dreams of glory

James Taylor There We Are

Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it.

Charles L. Allen

Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.

Nicholai Velimirovic

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Matthew 5: 3-9

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Carl Jung

How many times does something have to occur before it's not a coincidence anymore?
Do you believe in miracles?

"Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected." Mahatma Gandhi

Five years ago I lost my husband. Not long before he died it occurred to me that when he left this world he would become extinct. Like all of us he was one of a kind, a complete individual. Imagine what this planet would be like if everyone shared their individuality instead of trying so hard to conceal it.

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

Gandalf to Frodo in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring

All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?

All the lonely people

Where do they all belong?

(lyrics by Lennon/McCartney
pic of Eleanor Rigby statue found on web, if it's yours please let me know)

I think everyone has had the feeling of being lonely or alone, even in a crowd, but how many ever stop to really wonder why?