“Life is your journey. Feel, love. Don’t listen to anyone telling you how to live. No one knows this better than you. Live sincerely. Sincerity opens up through self-awareness and love.” Arthur Sita
And there is no friendship left between us,
Having eradicated all prejudices,
We regard everyone as zeros,
And ourselves as ones.
Alexander Pushkin — Eugene Onegin.
Humility is nothing other than the unshakable peace of the heart.
And it comes to those who know their place in the Universe.
The more worldly a person becomes as they walk the earth, the farther and higher they see.
And the farther they see, the more they understand how small they are, how little they can do and know, and how much they still have to achieve.
Illofillion, “Two Lives,” Book I, Chapter XXVI (Concordia Antarova)
“Lord, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to distinguish one from the other.”
Francis of Assisi, Optina Elders
“Humility is the strangest thing in the world. It cannot be gotten rid of, nor can it be received from another’s hands. To acquire it, one must lose everything to the last. Only when you are deprived of everything in the world do you feel that it has become your possession.”
“De Profundis,” Oscar Wilde
“Only those who accept God’s incomprehensible plan with humility and courage know that they are on the right path.” Paulo Coelho
“Practice humility first with people, and only then before God. Whoever despises people is certainly incapable of respecting God.” Paracelsus
If life deceives you,
Do not grieve or grow angry!
In the day of sorrow, submit:
Believe, the day of joy will come.
The heart lives in the future;
The present is bleak:
Everything is fleeting, everything will pass;
And what passes will become dear.
"Love, like a tree, grows of its own accord, sending deep roots throughout our entire being, and often continues to grow green and bloom among the ruins of our hearts." Victor Hugo
"Have you noticed that on an oak—and an oak is a sturdy tree—the old leaves fall only when the young ones begin to emerge? Exactly the same thing happens with old love in a strong heart: it has already died, but still clings on; only another, new love can drive it out."
I. S. Turgenev.
"When circumstances disrupt the balance of the spirit, regain your composure as quickly as possible and do not remain in a depressed mood for too long; otherwise, nothing will be able to help you. The habit of restoring harmony will improve you." Marcus Aurelius
"-Perfection lies in harmony, Your Majesty.
Let a steel nail not bend beneath the weight of the hammer crashing down upon it, yet it cannot understand what fragility is in a mountain flower. And it will never know how beautiful the Sun rising above the mountains can be." -Alexandra Lisina-"The Word of Ishta"
"To create harmony, one must begin with love."
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
"I believe in a God… who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of all that exists, not in a Lord who concerns himself with the fate and actions of individual people."
Albert Einstein
"Amid disorder, find harmony; amid discord, find harmony. In difficulty, find opportunity." A. Einstein
"Harmony is far from the only thing that binds human hearts together. Common suffering unites them much more strongly. Common wounds. Common fears. There is no consolation without a cry of pain, just as there is no peace without spilled blood or forgiveness without irreparable loss. This is what lies at the foundation of true, rather than abstract, harmony." Haruki Murakami
Do not bang your head against a wall,
Suffering, humiliating yourself, and loving.
Do not waste your life on those who do not value you;
Spend it on yourself instead.