You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. -

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The thing is you’ll care, you’ll always care even when you know you shouldn’t. - Tenari Ioapo (via words-and-feelings)

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Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred. -  Thích Nhất Hạnh (via purplebuddhaproject)

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Every period of time is a sphinx that throws itself into the abyss as soon as its riddle has been solved. - Heinrich Heine
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