"When we have compassion, pain dissolves into love."
Quote by Stephen Levine, by request.
Quotes
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
Iconic quote from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.
"God helps those who help themselves"
Not from The Bible nor from Benjamin Franklin. Regardless of its source, It is evidently a rationalization of the ego...
"justified" falsehood
A notch below the white lie at 190, it is the tipping point to rationalize any application of force.
"when there's a will there's a way"
From grammarist.com: "A proverb that means if someone is determined to do something, he will find a way to accomplish it regardless of obstacles".
"your only responsibility is alignment with the Truth"
by request, level of truth
"don't make promises you can't keep"
Calibration of this advice
"can't see the forest for the trees"
Wisdom of this saying, by request.
"the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
The level of realization of this truth
"Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world; through love alone they cease."
verse 5 of the Dhammapada, cal. 840 (TvF)
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right.”
Quote attributed to Henry Ford.
"nothing can go wrong, spiritually speaking"
A level of realization
shalom
"a Hebrew word meaning peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye." --wikipedia
Søren Kierkegaard quotes
Quotes about prayer, love, and the meaning of life, calibrated.
crass
"lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence" --google dictionary