ANCORA IMPARO

“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”

—Eckhart Tolle

“People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That’s how they define reality. But what does it mean to be “correct” or “true”? Merely vague concepts. Their reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?”

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Masashi Kishimoto

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

—Martin Luther King Jr.

“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”

—Baba Ram Dass

“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.”

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Shauna Niequist

Eternally relevant.

“Sometimes love asks you to change. It’s so easy to love people who like all the same things you do—who never listen to music that makes you cringe, or who believe all the same things you believe. But love sometimes asks you to lay down your preferences, and dive into someone else’s world for a little while. Love asks what’s best for the person you love, not what’s best or most convenient to you.”

—Shauna Niequist

“At this point in my life I’d like to live as if only love mattered.”

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Tracy Chapman

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