APPENDICES
Becoming Quotes; Meaning of Life Quotes; Path of Life Attributes
The concept of focusing on your desire in order to attain it is an ancient and primal element of human understanding. People have always realized learning comes from experience. Whatever you pay attention to, you not only acquire expertise in but also absorb the nature of. You are becoming what you emulate.
Here too are quotes on the meaning of life. The quests for meaning and purpose are universal.
What qualities should be the main guideposts for a good path of life? Many a list has been offered. Choose one, or, better yet, devise you own.
Religious Quotes:
A person’s actions determine a person’s fate. There is only one energy in the universe manifesting as matter, mind, or spirit: vibrating at all levels of intensity and frequency. Thought energies lead to choice energies that lead to creations of actions. And actions present inevitable potentials to start the cycle all over again. — The Law of Karma
You shall decree a thing, and it shall be established to you and light shall shine on your way. — The Bible, Job 22:28
As a man thinks within himself, so he is. — The Bible, Proverbs 23:7, Solomon (1011-931 bc) Israeli King
As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart (soul). — The Bible, Proverbs 27:19
Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. — The Bible, Matthew 6:21, Jesus of Nazareth (7 bc–30 ad) Jewish Preacher
Whatsoever you sow, so also shall you reap. — The Bible, Galatians 6:7, Paul of Tarsus (c. 5-67 ad) Turkish Philosopher
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. The Bible, Philippians 4:8 — Paul of Tarsus (c. 5-67 ad) & Timothy of Lystra (c. 17-97 ad)
When you correct your mind, everything else falls into place. — Lao-tse [born Li Er] (c. 6th Century bc) Chinese Philosopher, Taoism
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. With our thoughts we make the world. — Gautama Siddhartha (Buddha) (c. 563–483 bc) Nepalese Philosopher
We change the outcome of our future through the choices we make in each moment of the present. — The Dead Sea Scrolls (c. 100 ad)
A person’s behavior and his actions are the reflection of his internal thoughts, day in and day out. — Jainism, The Twelve Bhavna (Reflection or Thought)
Should a person perform a meritorious action, he should do it again and again; he should find pleasure therein: blissful is the accumulation of merit. — Buddhism, Dharmmapada 18
What you are becoming day by day is of infinitely more importance than what you are today. — The Urantia Book, 147:5.7, Jesus of Nazareth (7 bc–30 ad) Jewish Preacher
The superior person, seeing what is good, imitates it. — Confucianism, The I Ching #42: Gain
Let a man strive to purify his thoughts. What a man thinks that he is, this is an old secret. — Hinduism, Maitri Upanishad 6:34.3
As you supremely desire, so shall you be. — Zoroastrianism
As a person thinks in their heart, so they are. — Judaism
When you correct your mind, everything else falls into place. — Lao Tse (ca 604–531 bc) Taoism, Chinese Philosopher
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire. — Socrates (470–399 bc) Greek Philosopher
Historical Quotes:
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle (384-322 bc) Greek Philosopher
We acquire virtue just like we acquire crafts. We learn to build by building. — Aristotle (384-322 bc) Greek Philosopher
Activity in a certain thing gives a man that character – dispositions are attained through actually doing things. — Aristotle (384-322 bc) Greek Philosopher
It is a fact that imagination and the power of thought lift men’s souls to heavenly heights. — Diodorus Siculus (1st Century bc) Greek Historian
A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (121–180) Roman Philosopher
Character is guided by the nature of things most often envisaged, for the soul takes on the color of its ideas. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (121–180) Roman Philosopher
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (121–180) Roman Philosopher
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. — Meister Eckhart [born Eckhart von Hochheim] (c. 1260-1328) German Mystic
Every man is the son of his own works. — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) Spanish Writer
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. — Hamlet, William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English Dramatist
The end then of learning is to…know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may be nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection. — The Tractatte of Education, John Milton (1608–1674) English Poet
You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you. — Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French Philosopher
Energy and persistence conquer all things. — Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790) American Author
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German Poet
What is now proved was once only imagined. — William Blake (1757-1827) English Mystic
Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object. — Georg W. H. Hegel (1770-1831) German Philosopher
A man is what he thinks about all day long. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Essayist
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American Essayist
Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. — Abraham Lincoln (1806-1865) 16th U.S. President
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate life by conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Naturalist, Poet
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are thousands who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American Poet
Nothing endures but personal qualities. — Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American Poet
Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection. — Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) English Sage & Poet
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become. — Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) British Theologian
All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Shridi Sai Baba (1835-1918) Indian Guru
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. — William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher
If you only care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. — William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher
He who attains his ideal, by that very fact transcends it. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German Philosopher
You know, “nothing ventured, nothing won” is true in every hour. It is the fiber of every experience that signs itself into memory. — John Neville Figgis (1866-1919) English Philosopher
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Leader
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day. — James Augustine Joyce (1882-1941) Irish Poet
There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he is now. — Beatrice Moses Hinkle (1874-1953) American Author
Picture yourself vividly as a winner and that alone will contribute immeasurably to your success. — Harry Emerson Fosdick (1874-1969) American Clergyman
All the great things are simple, and can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965) English Statesman
Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you cannot control what you do. — Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) American Author
One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words: It is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape ourselves. — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American Humanitarian
Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. — Ernest Holmes (1887-1960) American Philosopher
Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage. — Claude M. Bristol (1891-1951) American Author
The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly. — Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976) American Poet
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. — Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) American Architect
If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results. — Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) American Motivational Speaker
Practices zealously pursued pass into habits. — Latin Saying
Every cask smells of the wine it contains. — Spanish Proverb
Modern Quotes:
Nothing is more practical than finding God — that is than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what to read, what you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. — Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1901-1991) Spanish Author [The 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus]
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
— Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) American Author
The creation of new information is habitually associated with conscious thought. — Henry Quastler (1908-1963) Austrian Information Theorist
What we dwell upon we help bring into manifestation. — Steps Toward Inner Peace, Peace Pilgrim [born Mildred Lisette Norman] (1908-1981) American Pacifist
The fruit of Silence is Prayer;
The fruit of Prayer is Faith;
The fruit of Faith is Love;
The fruit of Love is Service;
The fruit of Service is Peace.
— Mother Teresa [born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxliu] (1910-1995) Albanian-Indian Catholic Saint
Every time we say, “Let there be!” in any form, something happens. — Stella Terrill Mann (1912-2013) English Dance Teacher
You could be better than you are
You could be riding on a star.
— Jimmy Van Heusen [ born Edward Chester Babcock] (1913-1990) American Composer
A great nose indicates a great man: genial, courteous, intellectual, virile, courageous. — Cyrano de Bergerac <1950 United Artists film> Carl Forman (1914-1984) American Screenwriter
Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. — Thomas Merton (1915-1968) American Monk & Mystic
Transpersonal values command adoration, celebration, and reverence. They are worth living and dying for. Contemplating and becoming one of these values gives the greatest sense of worth and joy that human beings can experience. — Spiritual Psychology, Meredith Sprunger (1915-2012) American Minister
The past is already incorporated in me. — Dr. George Sheehan (1918-1993) American Cardiologist
We become what we do. — Dune, Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) American Author
We become what we think about. — Earl Nightingale (1921-1989) American Motivational Speaker
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. — Earl Nightingale (1921-1989) American Motivational Speaker
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. — William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) American Author
‘To be is to do’ — Socrates
‘To do is to be’ — Jean‑Paul Sartre
‘Do‑be‑do‑be‑do’ — Frank Sinatra
— Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) American Author
We are what we pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) American Author
What you think, you create; what you create, you become; what you become, you express; what you express, you experience; what you experience, you are; what you are, you think. — Fr. Robert Schuer (1922-2009) American Catholic Scholar
Life is about choices — some we regret, some we’re proud of, some will haunt us forever — we are what we choose to be. — Graham Brown (1922-2011) American Actor
Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours. — James Baldwin (1924-1987) American writer
I can see the world differently by changing my mind about what I want to see. — Gerald Jampolsky (1925–) American Psychiatrist
Who wills, can.
Who tries, does.
Who loves, lives.
— Dragon Flight, Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011) American-born Irish Science Fiction Writer
It’s not having information that is going to make you happy and successful; it’s using that information that’s going to make the dramatic difference in your life. — Hilary Hinton “Zig” Zigler (1926-2012) American Motivational Speaker
Whatever you think about, give your attention to, or are interested in, begins to reveal its secrets to you. — The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, Catherine Ponder (1927-) American Minister
Whatever the mind is taught to expect, that it will build, produce, and bring forth for you. — The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, Catherine Ponder (1927-) American Minister
You, indeed, become what you want to be by affirming that you already are! — The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, Catherine Ponder (1927-) American Minister
Causes and effects are a result of thought. — Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Maynard Pirsig (1928-2017) American Philosopher
We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are. — Emanuel “Jim” Rohn (1930-2009) American Author
It is the belief of mankind which shapes the world, and all of reality. — The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) American Author
The Great Secret is this: one has not only the ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter the perception of it; or more simply, one can change things by the manner in which one looks at things. — Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Eugene Robbins (1932-) American Novelist
Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and you usually get what you expect. — Denis E. Waitley (1933 -) American Motivational Speaker
What most you admire, that shall you become. — One, Richard David Bach (1936-) American Author
You are what you pay attention to. — The River That Runs Uphill, William H. Calvin (1939-) American Theoretical Neurologist
Change your thoughts, change your life. — Wayne Walter Dyer (1940-2015) American Motivational Speaker
In a real sense we become what we love and trust. — Stages of Faith, Dr. James W. Fowler III (1940-2015) American Author
Our perception of truth depends on the frame of reference we adopt. The larger frame of reference is the truer one. — Susan stone-Blackburn
We create ourselves, from the inside out, each day of our lives. — Dr. Michael Merzenich (1942-) American Neuroscience Professor
There is a direct connection between what occurs in your consciousness and what occurs in your external life. — The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Jordan Fritz (1943-) American Entrepreneur
As you create, you naturally evoke that which is highest in you. — The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Jordan Fritz (1943-) American Entrepreneur
Our brains develop according to the mental activities that we engage in intensely. . .. [T]here is opportunity for the development of a different perception of reality. — Anton Zeilinger (1945-) Austrian Quantum Physicist
The behavior of animals is determined mostly by evolution, while humans have options for self‑improvement in line with their civilized ideals. — Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (1946-) American Ethnologist
A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them. — Piero Ferrucci (1946-) Psychotherapist and Philosopher
Our thoughts create our reality – where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go. — Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949-2000) American self-help author
Your desires,
Whether or not you achieve them
Will determine who you become.
— Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) American Science Fiction Writer
Belief
Initiates and guides action —
Or it does nothing.
— Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) American Science Fiction Writer
Image is thought. Thought is image. Our reality is based on how we think and image things. — The Power of Music: How to Use Sound for Relaxation, Concentration, and Healing, Don G. Campbell (1947-2012) American Author
Working hard and methodically to attain a skill can actually provide you with that skill. — Bill Littlefield (1948-) American Radio Host
The tangible expression of the human soul lies in the record of our thoughts and actions. — Mentats of Dune, Brian P. Herbert (1948 -) Kevin J. Anderson (1962-) American Authors
The decisions of our past are the architects of our future. — Inferno, Daniel Gerhard Brown (1964-) American author
Your life will be filled with what you fill it. If you want to live with anger—be angry, but if you want to live with peace, happiness, goodness, love … then fill it with these—at least to the best of your ability. Why have a life filled with hate, or any other kind of ugliness, when you have the power to fill it with beauty? — Judy Kain (1948-) American Empathic Helper
You are or become what you focus on. — Dr. Terry Orlick, Ph.D. (1948-) Canadian Professor of Health Sciences
When I remember that I am making up my picture of the world from my own lines of thought, life itself becomes the ultimate creative act. — Gerard Vincent Hubert Downs (1949-) American Author
Where attention goes, energy flows. — James Redfield (1950-) American Author
A man was never just a man. A man was endless possibilities waiting to become. — William Kent Krueger (1950-) American Author
Well, new reasons, new arguments, new motives . . . all can lead to new goals – new aspirations. — Existence, David Brin (1950-) American Author
Natural selection won’t matter soon, not anywhere near as much as conscious selection. We will civilize and alter ourselves to suit our ideas of what we can be. — Gregory Dale Bear (1951-) American Author
If you spend your whole life pretending to be good, then you are indistinguishable from a good person. — Ender in Exile, Orson Scott Card (1951-) American Author
Govern your thoughts as if your future depends on them, because it does. — Debra Saint Claire (1952-) American Herbalist
Your choices determine your destiny. Choose well. — Merritt Horn (195-) American Author
It’s what you do that makes your soul. — Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver (1955-) American Novelist
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. — Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver (1955-) American Novelist
[Humans are] imperfect personalities endowed with the free will choice of becoming co-creators of themselves as they are to be. The Urantia Book, 116:4.8
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. —Anthony “Tony” Jay Robbins (1960-) American Motivational Speaker
The brains of longtime musicians are transformed by years of practice … In particular, it thickens a bundle of nerve fibers called the arcuate fasciculus, an information highway crucial for using language. — Carl Zimmer (1966-) American Science Writer
From womb to tomb we are bound to others past and present … and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. — Cloud Atlas, David Stephen Mitchell (1969-) English Author
Each one of us helps to steer toward a future. We build it every day with our simple thoughts, beliefs, and actions. — Camille Seaman (1969-) American Photographer
There is a fundamental connection between seeming and being. Everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. We all become what we pretend to be. — Patrick James Rothfuss (1973-) American Author
Whatever you are fascinated with, you want to create more of. — Sri Avinash (1973-) Vietnamese Spiritual Teacher
Every seemingly insignificant thing we do leads us to where we are today and where we are going tomorrow. Every decision in life matters. — Valen E. Cover Keefer (1983-) American PKD Survivor
What lasts from an educational experience is not the enhancement of memory but the enhancement of being…. It is beliefs about the nature of man, what he may become and what is his destiny, with the morality that flowed from these, that enhance a man’s being. — Basil Fletcher
Like attracts like: Wherever you’re putting your focus is what you’re going to get more of. What you focus on expands. — Lisa M. Gillespie, American Mind & Body Therapist
We focus on those things that support our reality. — Morgan Leigh
Transformation is being the answer. Be now … even if “you” think you can’t! — Transformers, Jacquelyn Small, American Author
Transforming is effortless because there is nothing to be done, there is only someone to be. — Transformers, Jacquelyn Small, American Author
You are what you think, feel, believe, and do! — Patrick McCleary, American Author
It’s not what we think about but how we think about things that makes all the difference in the world. — The Be Attitudes: Positive Approaches to Becoming Better, Bebe, American Author
It stands to reason that if you practice a set of behaviors that engages areas of your brain which leads to a virtuous cycle, it improves that behavior. And then the behavior, if you continue to engage in it, allows you to further strengthen the circuit. — Roy Hamilton, American Neurologist
Choice, not chance, determines one’s destiny. — Author unknown
We create our social identities out of the stories we tell ourselves about reality and the roles we imagine ourselves to be playing in those stories. — Author unknown
Meaning of Life Quotes:
The goal of life is living in harmony with nature. — Zeno of Citium (335–263 bc) Greek Philosopher
All the way to heaven is heaven. — Saint Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380) Italian Visionary
Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world afire. — Saint Catherine of Sienna (1347-1380) Italian Visionary
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. — Joseph H. Addison (1672-1719) English Poet
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. — William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being. — William James (1842-1910) American Philosopher
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German Philosopher
To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life. — Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish Author
For money you can have everything it is said. No that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; gray hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. — Arne Garborg [born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg] (1851-1924) Norwegian Writer
This is the true joy in life: the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Author
Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Author
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. — Max Karl Planck (1858-1947) German Theoretical Physicist
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. It may even be assumed that just as the unconscious affects us, increase in our consciousness likewise affects the unconscious. — Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss Psychologist
Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the end. How true, because the mind and the body imprint and imitate each other. What we think, we become. What we become; we think. — Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) American Clairvoyant
Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German Deep Thinker
Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves. — Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian Statesman
People say that what we are all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking or thinking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive. That the life experiences that we have on the purely physical plane will have resonances within … our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That’s what it’s all finally about and that’s what these clues help us to find within ourselves.
Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life.
We’re having experiences all the time which … render some sense of this, a little intuition of where your joy is: grab it. No one can tell you what it’s going to be. You’ve got to learn to recognize your own depths. — Interview with Bill Moyers, Joseph John Campbell (1904-1987) American Mythologist
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe; to match your nature with Nature. — Joseph John Campbell (1904-1987) American Mythologist
We can discover this meaning in life in three ways: 1) by doing a deed; 2) by experiencing a value; and 3) by suffering. — Man’s Search for Meaning, Dr. Victor Emil Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian Psychologist
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. — Abraham Harold Maslow (1908-1970) American Psychologist
The ancient question is still awaiting an answer: What features in our brain account for our humanity, our musical creativity, infinitely varied artifacts, subtlety of humor, sophisticated projection (in chess, politics, and business), our poetry, ecstasy, fervor, contorted morality, and elaborate rationalization? — Theodore Holmes Bullock (1915-2005) American Neurobiologist
The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve but a reality to experience. — Dune, Frank Patrick Herbert (1920-1986) American Science Fiction Writer
Survival of self, of species, and of environment, these are what drive humans. You can observe how the order of importance changes in a lifetime. What are the things of immediate concern at a given age? Weather? The state of digestion? Does she (or he) really care? All of those various hungers that flesh can sense and hope to satisfy. What else could possible matter? — Heretics of Dune, Frank Patrick Herbert (1920-1986) American Science Fiction Writer
1st frame: Snoopy complains of a feeling of meaninglessness and emptiness.
2nd frame: Charlie Brown enters with a bowl full of dog food.
3rd frame: Snoopy exclaims, “Ah, meaning!”
— Charles Monroe Schulz (1922-2000) American Cartoonist
A purpose of life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whomever is around to be loved. — The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) American Humanist
What is the goal of life? It is to create yourself a soul. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (1929-) Chilean Filmmaker
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. — James Vernon Taylor (1948-) American Composer
Human efforts [are] cumulative, something in every effort [is] preserved and added to the whole. — Fifty Degrees Below Zero, Kim Stanley Robinson (1952-) American Science Fiction Writer
The only true security that can be found in this world is in the process of giving love. — Punditji (1956-)
Meaning is something that takes you from a thing to a value. To answer the question, “What is the meaning of life?” you have first to answers the question, “What is the value of life?” — Dr. Chris Halvorson (1960-) American Physicist
Path of Life Attributes:
The Golden Rule (The Ethic of Reciprocity)
• You should love your neighbor as yourself. — Judaism, Leviticus 19.18
• You should love your neighbor as yourself. — Christianity, Jesus, Matthew 22.39
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. — Christianity, Matthew 7.12
• Treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence. — Confucianism, Mencius VII.A.4
• Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. — Islam, Muhammad, The Farewell Sermon
• Hurt not others with that which pains yourself. — Buddhism, Udanavarga
• One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself. — Hinduism, The Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva 113.8
• Man should journey through life treating his fellow creatures as he would like to be treated. — Jainism, Sutrakritanga 1:11.33
• Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. — Taoism, Lao-tse, T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien (Treatise)
• You should love your neighbor as yourself. — Baha’i, Baha’u’llah
• Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others. — Zoroastrianism, Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29
The Fruits of the Spirit:
• Loving Kindness
• Courageous Loyalty
• Sincere Fairness
• Enlightened Honesty
• Undying Hope
• Confiding Trust
• Merciful Ministry
• Unfailing Goodness
• Forgiving Tolerance
• Enduring Peace
— The Urantia Book (193:2.2), Jesus of Nazareth (7 bc-30 ad) Jewish Preacher
The Beatitudes:
• Humility
• (Thirst for) Righteousness
• Meekness
• Pure- hearted
• Tenderhearted, Sympathetic (They who mourn)
• Merciful
• Peacemaker
• Endurance, Perseverance, Faith (Persecuted for righteousness)
— The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7, Jesus of Nazareth (7 bc-30 ad) Jewish Preacher
The Buddhist Eight‑fold Path:
• Right belief or view
• Right intention
• Right speech
• Right action
• Right livelihood
• Right endeavoring or effort
• Right mindfulness
• Right concentration or collectedness
“If realized, one will be detached from illusion.”
— Calm and Insight: A Buddhist Manuel for Meditators, Bhikkhu Phra Khantipalo [born Lawrence Mills] (1932-) English Monk
The Three Jewels of the Tao:
• Compassion
• Humility
• Moderation
— Lao-tse [born Li Er] (c. 6th Century bc) Chinese Philosopher
The Six (Sufi) Subtleties:
• Self, Soul
• Heart, Truth
• Spirit, Spiritual
• Enlightenment
• Unity, Intuition
• Deep Perception
The Athenian Virtues during the times of Socrates (470–399 B.C.) Greek Philosopher
• Piety
• Wisdom
• Courage
• Self-control
• Justice
The Platonic Forms (partial list):
• Beauty
• Goodness
• Truth
• Wisdom
• Courage
• Self-control
• Justice
The Seven Attributes of the Druids:
• Wisdom
• Compassion
• Liberal
• Abundance
• Nonconformity
• Learning
• Idealistic
The Eight principles of the Samurai:
• Courage
• Gratitude
• Honor
• Justice
• Loyalty
• Politeness
• Reserve
• Truthfulness
The Eight Netsilik Inuit Guiding Principles:
• Respect and caring for others
• Consensus decision making
• Leadership and commitment to serving the common good
• Being open, welcoming, and inclusive
• Working together for common purpose
• Solving problems through innovation and resourcefulness
• Respect and care of the land, animals, and environment
• Building the capacity to acquire skills and knowledge
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OTHER WORKS BY JIM DOWNS:
The Nature and Attributes of God:
Our highest ideas and ideals are the basic building blocks for a happy and productive life. Is the God we choose worthy of emulation? Is your God a worthwhile goal, an honorable destiny?
As we personalize our ideas and ideals of God we are tapping into an infinite process. We are ever-expanding.
Heaven Bound: Conversations with an Angel
Heaven Bound addresses some of the questions about life, begun here on Earth and continued in heaven. An angel, a Seraphic Transport, who is bringing souls from Earth to heaven is the central character in this novel. The platform for discussion is a series of imaginary conversations after physical death but before re-personalization in heaven. If an angelic messenger could wake you up during this between-time and dispense accurate information on the future, the nature of God, reality, or any other important piece of intelligence, wouldn’t you wish to ask a few probing questions?
End Note:
Our deepest desire is to know the Truth, to appreciate Beauty, and the experience Goodness. Remember these and you will discover all of the ways to integrate and harmonize a wonderful and personal set of Positive Qualities. Keep your light shining and it will get brighter.