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Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you and persecute you.
- Matthew 5:44
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Love Your Enemies
Ye have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
- Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 5:43-44)
Love what is.
- Byron Katie
Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
- E. F. Schumacher
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Through Love and through Beauty, we achieve immortality.
- Jewel (paraphrasing Plato)
Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly.
Play as often as you can
Work as smart as you are able.
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
If you love what you are doing, you ARE a success.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff that life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When love and hate are both absent
everything becomes clear and undisguised.
- Osho
Go to the people
Live among them
Learn from them
Love them
Serve them
Plan with them
Start with what they know
Build on what they have.
- Jimmy Yen (Y. C. James Yen)
Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.
- Stephen Covey
Does thou love life? Then do not squander time;
for that's the stuff life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
- John Ruskin
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
- Helen Keller
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
- The Buddha
Fortune and love befriend the bold.
- Ovid
Peace, Love, Health, Comfort, Joy, and the Light of Spirit -
all the rest is nothing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
- Satchel Paige
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked,
in which you can walk with love and reverence.
- Henry David Thoreau
People love chopping wood.
In this activity one immediately sees results.
- Albert Einstein
To love what you do and feel that it matters,
how on earth could anything be more fun.
- Katherine Graham
Do not hire a man who does your work for money,
but him who does it for love of it.
- Henry David Thoreau
Choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance, love,
selflessness, and kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust in what you love, continue to do it,
and it will take you where you need to go.
- Natalie Goldberg
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which
doth mock the meat it feeds on.
- William Shakespeare
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- Henry David Thoreau
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
Where there is great love,
there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather
Affirmation:
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous,
there's really nothing to lose.
- Jewel
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
Do what you love, love what you do,
and deliver more than you promise.
- Harvey McKay
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
- Rumi
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him,
for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low,
could still be saved; the bitterest enemy
and also he who was your friend could again be your friend;
love that has grown cold can kindle
- Soren Kierkegaard
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
- Sai Baba
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Choose a job you love,
and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are
something to do,
something to love,
and something to hope for.
- Joseph Addison
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love!
What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
Do what you love and the money will follow.
- Marsha Sinetar
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
- Rumi (Persian poet 1207-1273)
There comes that mysterious meeting in life
when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be,
igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
- Rusty Berkus
We should not let our response to
the people who disagree with us
be dictated by what they say about us
or even how they treat people we care for.
There has to be a chance that we can find love.
- William J. Clinton
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everyone I Love Becomes My Family -
and I Love Everyone.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous;
there's really nothing to lose.
There's no wrong you can't make right again,
so be kinder to yourself;
have fun, take chances. There are no bounds.
- Jewel
Know that love conquers fear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
He who marries for love without money
has good nights and sorry days.
- Anonymous
Never forget the three powerful resources
you always have available to you:
love, prayer, and forgiveness.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
What I cannot love, I overlook.
Is that real friendship?
- Anais Nin
It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.
- Max Lucado
The path to love ... is our spiritual destiny.
- Deepak Chopra
I see you.
- the movie Avatar
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
- Mark Twain
I love you when you bow in your mosque,
kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion,
and it is the Spirit.
- Khalil Gibran
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