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I hope you find value in these encouraging quotes about Flat.
A person is smart. People are dumb,
panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew
the Earth was the center of the universe.
Five hundred years ago,
everybody knew the Earth was flat,
and fifteen minutes ago,
you knew that humans were alone on this planet.
Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.
- the movie Men in Black
Our honorable and worthy ancestors knew that the world was flat,
motionless, and the center of the universe.
They knew the human body could not withstand
the forces of traveling faster than 19 mph.
They knew that the way to salvation was
exorcising witches and slaying non-believers.
They knew that it was a mortal sin to marry
someone of a different skin color.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Is the system going to flatten you out
and deny you your humanity,
or are you going to be able to make use of the system
to the attainment of human purposes?
- Joseph Campbell
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy,
to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter,
and to lead but not manipulate.
- William Arthur Ward
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
Love me and I may be forced to love you.
- William Arthur Ward
When your friends begin to flatter
you on how young you look,
it's a sure sign you're getting old.
- Mark Twain
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
- Abraham Lincoln
Be yourself. There is nothing more for you to do
than to be the best YOU that you can be -
with no imitation, no pretense, no guilt, no shame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There comes a time in every man's education
when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance,
that imitation is suicide,
that he must take himself for better or for worse as his portion.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,
and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,
then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion
and a genuine desire to serve others.
- Rod Stryker
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
Know that life's burdens are lighter when you laugh at yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust in the Light.
Darkness is not a force -
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar -
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
Open yourself to the Light!
Hold back nothing,
Trust in the Light.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be gentle first with yourself -
if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe
Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline
when you're a winner, when you're number one.
What you've got to have is faith and discipline
when you're not yet a winner.
- Vince Lombardi
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself -
have the compassion to forgive others,
and the courage to forgive yourself.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you stand up and be counted,
from time to time you may get yourself knocked down.
But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again.
A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
- Thomas J. Watson
Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale
The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
Seek not outside yourself.
- A Course in Miracles
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
When you find peace within yourself,
you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
- Peace Pilgrim
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Don't believe me,
don't believe yourself,
and don't believe anyone else.
- don Miguel Ruiz
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
Do not be too moral.
You may cheat yourself out of much life.
So aim above morality.
Be not simply good;
be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau
Can you achieve your goals?
You can't reach your goal if you haven't
defined your goals.
And you can't succeed if you don't try -
and then pick yourself up
and try again each time you fail.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
When you do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself,
and know that everything in life has purpose.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences,
all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
Forgiving others is a gift to yourself,
given not because the other deserves pardon,
but because you deserve the serenity and joy
that comes from releasing resentment and anger,
and from embracing universal forgiveness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Give yourself the gift of forgiving
everyone you are angry with -
for every action you resent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
- Benjamin Spock
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
May your spirit soar throughout the vast cathedral of your being.
May your mind whirl joyful cartwheels of creativity.
May your heart sing sweet lullabies of timelessness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh
Forgiving is not a gift to someone else.
Forgiving is your gift to yourself -
a great gift - the gift of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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