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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Showing posts with label Yiddish Proverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yiddish Proverbs. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2026
You Don't Need to Hurry
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Your Anger Costs You YOUR Joy
Anger is a killing thing:
it kills the man who angers,
for each rage leaves him less than he had been before -
it takes something from him.
- Louis L'Amour
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Blind Haste is Illogical
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Monday, January 20, 2025
Your Anger Takes Someting from YOU
Anger is a killing thing:
it kills the man who angers,
for each rage leaves him less than he had been before -
it takes something from him.
- Louis L'Amour
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Don't Hurry Through Life
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Anger is like a thorn in the heart
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Friday, February 24, 2023
Haste is Blind and Improvident
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
You are the One Who Suffers from Your Anger
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Hurrying Achieves Neither Quality Results Nor Pleasure
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Being Angry is Hell on Earth
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Hurrying is Both Inefficient AND Bad for Your Health
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Monday, February 8, 2021
Focus on Results, Don't Hurry
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Anger is Hell on Earth
Being angry is as close as a human being
can come to experiencing hell on earth.
Pause. Breathe deeply. Step back and look at the issue from a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
- Saint Francis de Sales
Further reading: Stop Anger Before It Stops You
De-Stress Your Life
Anger is a Killing Thing
Never Speak while Angry
Overcoming Anger
Saturday, December 12, 2020
To Be Myself
The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you,
it is when you don't understand yourself.
- Anonymous
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
- e. e. cummings
Life is not a having and a getting,
but a being and a becoming.
- Matthew Arnold
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
To be what we are,
and to become what we are capable of becoming,
is the only end in life.
- Baruch Spinoza
Don't go through life - grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth
Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings,
of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home.
He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.
- Osho
Today's affirmation:
I follow my own star and my own inner compass.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Leap
Your Intuition is Your Guide
The Inner You
Be Simply Yourself
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Avoid Hurrying
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Haste is blind and improvident.
- Titus Livius (Livy)
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you feel the need to hurry,
remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
- Anonymous
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Patience is an ever present alternative
to the mind's endemic restlessness and impatience.
Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find
lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger.
It's the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are
and blaming someone (often yourself) or something for it.
This doesn't mean you can't hurry when you have to.
It is possible even to hurry patiently, mindfully,
moving fast because you have chosen to.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Tending the Garden of Our Lives
The Wisdom of Patience
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Become Who You Really Are
The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you,
it is when you don't understand yourself.
- Anonymous
Life is not a having and a getting,
but a being and a becoming.
- Matthew Arnold
Don't go through life - grow through life.
- Eric Butterworth
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
- e. e. cummings
To be what we are,
and to become what we are capable of becoming,
is the only end in life.
- Baruch Spinoza
Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings,
of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home.
He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.
- Osho
Today's affirmation:
I follow my own star and my own inner compass.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Leap
The Inner You
Your Intuition is Your Guide
Be Simply Yourself
Friday, July 5, 2019
Always an Opportunity for a Kindness
The smallest act of kindness
is worth more than the grandest intention.
- Oscar Wilde
Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
- Seneca
Be kind whenever possible; and it is always possible.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
You cannot do a kindness too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Your measure that matters is your measure of kindness,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Let Us Be Kind
Brotherly Love
Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren
Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Honor and Respect the Beliefs and Lifestyles of Others
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
Let It Be.
- Paul McCartney
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling
with other men's concerns.
- Plato
Many people excuse their own faults
but judge other persons harshly.
We should reverse this attitude
by excusing others' shortcomings
and by harshly examining our own.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Read my thoughts about this saying.
Let today be a day to honor and respect the beliefs and lifestyles of your extended family, your friends, your neighbors, your fellow citizens, and all those around the world.
Further reading: Point of View
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
Our Bond of Humanity
Meddling - 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice
Avoid Shouting
Friday, February 8, 2019
Generosity and Kindness
It is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Life is an exciting business,
and most exciting when it is lived for others.
- Helen Keller
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Further reading: Be of Service
The Actions of True Love
Love Your Neighbor
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Compassion, Generosity, Service
I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
It is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Life is an exciting business,
and most exciting when it is lived for others.
- Helen Keller
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Further reading: What Does Love Look Like?
Being of Service
Love Your Neighbor
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