Inspirational Quotes, Compiled by CiBelle

Self Reflection

1. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Gandhi

2. As the plant springs from and could not be without
the seed, so every act of a man springs from the
hidden thoughts and could not have appeared
without them. James Allen

3. As a man thinketh in his heart so is he. Proverbs 23:7

4. A man can be either a Buddha or a beast within
his own mind. The Book of Buddha

5. I’ve known countless people who were reservoirs
of learning yet never had a thought. Wilson Mizner

6. But the counselor, the Holy Spirits, whom the father
will send in my name he will teach all things. John 14:26

7. Liberty of thought is the life of the soul. Voltaire

8. A man who reforms himself has contributed his
full share towards the reformation
of his neighbor. Norman Douglas

9. The only conquest which are permanent and leave
no regrets are our conquests over ourselves. Napolean Bonoparte

10. And be renewed in the spirit of your minds. Ephesians 4:23

11. Our opinion of people depends less upon what we
see in them than upon what they make us see in
ourselves. Sara Grand

12. I shall understand fully even as I have been fully
understood. 1 Corinthians 13:12

13. Do not be conformed to this world but be
Transformed by the renewal of your mind… Romans 12:2

14. The door to the human heart can be opened only
from the inside. Author Unknown

15. Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness
anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Edward G. Buliver Lipton

16. Hearing is one of the body’s fine senses, but
listening is an art. Frank Tyger

17. I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t
a fearful person. John Bradshaw

18. A gentle tongue is a tree of life… Proverbs 15:4



“Oneness” The Human Race

1. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free, there is neither male nor female,
for you are all one in Christ.

This is the way Christ and God sees all of his
children, not just Christians. Galatians 3:28

2. Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the
Next seat. My shoulder is against yours. Kafir

3. If God is thy father, man is thy brother. Lamertine

4. Maturing is the process by which the individual
is conscious of the equal importance of each of
his fellow men. Alvin Goeser

5. … All of you are children of the most High. Psalms 82:6

6. The law says “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with
all thy strength and with all thy mind… and
thy neighbor as thy self." Luke 10:27


Compassion Loving Kindness

1. Loving kindness gives birth to a natural compassion.
The compassionate heart holds the pain and the
sorrow of our life and of all beings with mercy and
tenderness. It is the tender heart that has the
power to transform the world. Chögyam Trungpa

2. Embracing both joy and sorrow, our heart can
remain tender and wise.

We can walk through the darkest night with
the radiant conviction that all things work
together for the good. Martin Luther King Jr.

3. I always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling,
of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with
their whole heart. Because those who do not
know how to weep do not know how to laugh
either. Golda Meir

4. The meeting of two personalities is like the
contact of two chemical substances: if there
is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung

5. ….Comfort one another… 1 Thessalonians 4:18

6. We are all so much together but we are dying
of loneliness. Albert Schweitzer

7. You give but little when you give of your
passions. It is when you give of yourself that
you truly give. Kahlil Gibran

8. The point is this: He who sows sparingly will
also reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6

9. … Having compassion one for another… 1 Peter 3:8

10. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Ralph Waldo Emerson


Making Judgments

1. Judgments are our personal ego reactions to the
sights, sounds, feelings, and thoughts within
our experiences. W Timothy Gallway

2. First take the log out of your eye and you will
see clearly to take the speck out of your
brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5

3. Judgments block learning from and acceptance
of what exists and create emotional reaction
that have consequences in themselves: guilt,
defensiveness, immobility. To become
nonjudgmental as I’ve come to understand
it, is to see clearly and add nothing to the facts.
It does not mean ignoring flaws, errors and
mistakes; it simply means not adding
anything to them. Bobbi Sims

4. Judge not that you be not judged. Matthew 7:1

5. Examine the contents, not the bottle. The Talmud


Peace

1. God did not play dice with the universe. Albert Einstein

2. Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to
teach peace, to live peace… Peace will be
the last word of history. John Paul II


The True Teacher


1. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you to enter
the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you
to the threshold of your own mind. Kahlil Gibran

2. In this passage Christ was speaking metaphorically
about meditating on the word that you may come
to the fullness of your understanding.

3. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to
Simon, “put out into the deep and let down
Your nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4