Putting Others First
Posted by Hindu Wisdom
Life consists of these little things, and it is by putting other people first every day in a thousand little acts of kindness that we make ourselves perfect in love.
— Eknath Easwaran in Like a Thousand Suns
Slogans
Easy does it.
Help is on the way.
I've got your back.
Grow through what you go through.
— Frederic Brussat on Twitter
Story
When a proud mother once announced to Mullah Nasruddin: "My son has finished his studies," Nasruddin replied, "No doubt God will send him more."
— Sufi story
Literary Wisdom
The hardest thing in America is to be what one is softly.
— Leon Wieseltier, American critic and magazine editor
Proverb
God speaks to those who are silent enough to listen.
— African proverb from Life Is God's Best Gift edited by Sam Chege
Teacher
There is only one river, and we are all in it. Wave your arms, and the ripples will eventually reach me.
— Scott Russell Sanders in Writing from the Center
Mystic Wisdom
The world is full of God.
— Saint Angela of Foligno