Inspirational quotes.

Emerson instructed us to “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your reading have been to you like the blast of truimpth out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul.”

Following Emerson’s guidance, I offer some of my favorite blasts of triumph. You can search by topic or by teacher or you can just hit refresh and keep getting 5 new random quotes below:-

  • Each of us has innumerable voices, or aspects, within us. To get a clearer picture of how they operate, think of yourself for a moment as a large corporation with many, many employees. How many? Nobody knows. It’s a little bizarre. We went out and randomly hired all these folks for our company, and we neglected to tell them what their jobs were. We also neglected to tell them their titles or job descriptions. If that weren’t bad enough, we didn’t even tell them who they work for, what the name of th company is, and who the boss is. Then we said, go to work. Now what kind of company is that?

    ~ Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel quotes

  • You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

    ~ Anne Lamott quotes from Bird By Bird

    Self-Development Quotes on: God, Create, People

  • Can you imagine a world where everybody was free, happy and joyful, where everybody came from a place of generosity and giving freely without any strings attached? Can you just imagine this world? It’s almost impossible to imagine, it would be such a different place. Well, that’s our work. That’s what we’re here to do. That’s what this book is all about. If enough of us can get to that level of consciousness, I believe the whole planet, would be transformed.

    ~ Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel quotes

  • The human heart knows when it is being asked to be less.

    ~ Unknown quotes

    Motivational Quotes on: Unknown, Heart

  • I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.

    ~ Byron Katie quotes from Loving What Is

    Motivational Quotes on: Experience, Katie, Stress, Thought, Cause, Feel

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Quotes by Teachers

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