http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191 A TAOIST TEACHING I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle, and you can be bold; be frugal, and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others, and you can become a leader of men. Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. -- LAO TSE A TAOIST TEACHING I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle, and you can be bold; be frugal, and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others, and you can become a leader of men. Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. -- LAO TSE en-us Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:02:56 PDT All are welcome to comment. I will never delete a post. Those who may feel insecure in their faith are well advised to pay attention to the last line of today's prayer. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79329 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79329 All are welcome to comment. I will never delete a post. Those who may feel insecure in their faith are well advised to pay attention to the last line of today's prayer. <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="1">Another&nbsp; set of great thoughts from another way~Thanks again&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sage</font> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79350 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79350 <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="1">Another&nbsp; set of great thoughts from another way~Thanks again&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sage</font> Thank you sage. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79352 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79352 Thank you sage. Tolerance, I spent a lot of time reading Taoist writings when I was younger.&nbsp; I think the Tao of Pooh was one of those formative books for me.<br /> <br /> Thanks for your ongoing series. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79355 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79355 Tolerance, I spent a lot of time reading Taoist writings when I was younger.&nbsp; I think the Tao of Pooh was one of those formative books for me.<br /> <br /> Thanks for your ongoing series. Yes, do you remember the Te of Piglet? By the time it was published I was already well into my adulthood. It still made an impression on me. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79358 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79358 Yes, do you remember the Te of Piglet? By the time it was published I was already well into my adulthood. It still made an impression on me. <em>"To thine own self be true." </em> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79579 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79579 <em>"To thine own self be true." </em> <p align="center"><a class="internal" title="Cover of The Tao of Pooh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taopooh.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="262" alt="Cover of The Tao of Pooh" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Taopooh.jpg/180px-Taopooh.jpg" width="180" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Taopooh.jpg" /></a></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79580 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79580 <p align="center"><a class="internal" title="Cover of The Tao of Pooh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taopooh.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="262" alt="Cover of The Tao of Pooh" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Taopooh.jpg/180px-Taopooh.jpg" width="180" longdesc="/wiki/Image:Taopooh.jpg" /></a></p> <font face="georgia"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Quotes of Kindness</p> <p>Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault<br /> <br /> <br /> If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope<br /> <br /> <br /> Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson<br /> <br /> <br /> A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon<br /> <br /> <br /> It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in <em>P.S. I Love You</em>, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.<br /> <br /> <br /> Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown</p> </font><font size="2"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </font> <p>I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. ~Rudyard Kipling<br /> <br /> <br /> <font color="#ff0000" size="5"><strong><em><u>Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer. ~Mignon McLaughlin</u></em></strong></font>, <em>The Second Neurotic's Notebook</em>, 1966<br /> <br /> <br /> If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama<br /> <br /> <br /> There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. ~Frank Tyger<br /> <br /> <br /> Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. ~Variation of a saying by Albert Einstein<br /> <br /> <br /> Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain<br /> <br /> <br /> Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ~Seneca<br /> <br /> <br /> A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb<br /> <br /> <br /> Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~Samuel Johnson<br /> <br /> <br /> There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity. ~Confucius<br /> <br /> <br /> Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. ~Henry Boye<br /> <br /> <br /> When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel<br /> <br /> <br /> If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. ~Mark Twain<br /> <br /> <br /> Life is mostly froth and bubble,<br /> Two things stand like stone,<br /> Kindness in another's trouble,<br /> Courage in your own.<br /> ~Adam Lindsay Gordon<br /> <br /> <br /> How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington Carver<br /> <br /> </p> <font size="2"></font> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79582 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79582 <font face="georgia"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Quotes of Kindness</p> <p>Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault<br /> <br /> <br /> If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope<br /> <br /> <br /> Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson<br /> <br /> <br /> A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon<br /> <br /> <br /> It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in <em>P.S. I Love You</em>, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.<br /> <br /> <br /> Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown</p> </font><font size="2"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </font> <p>I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. ~Rudyard Kipling<br /> <br /> <br /> <font color="#ff0000" size="5"><strong><em><u>Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer. ~Mignon McLaughlin</u></em></strong></font>, <em>The Second Neurotic's Notebook</em>, 1966<br /> <br /> <br /> If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama<br /> <br /> <br /> There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. ~Frank Tyger<br /> <br /> <br /> Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. ~Variation of a saying by Albert Einstein<br /> <br /> <br /> Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain<br /> <br /> <br /> Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ~Seneca<br /> <br /> <br /> A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb<br /> <br /> <br /> Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~Samuel Johnson<br /> <br /> <br /> There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity. ~Confucius<br /> <br /> <br /> Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how. ~Author Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. ~Henry Boye<br /> <br /> <br /> When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel<br /> <br /> <br /> If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. ~Mark Twain<br /> <br /> <br /> Life is mostly froth and bubble,<br /> Two things stand like stone,<br /> Kindness in another's trouble,<br /> Courage in your own.<br /> ~Adam Lindsay Gordon<br /> <br /> <br /> How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~George Washington Carver<br /> <br /> </p> <font size="2"></font> I do, Tolerance.&nbsp; Great collection.&nbsp; I also enjoyed Alan Watts.&nbsp; http://www.alanwatts.com/ http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79583 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Tolerance/8191/#c_79583 I do, Tolerance.&nbsp; Great collection.&nbsp; I also enjoyed Alan Watts.&nbsp; http://www.alanwatts.com/