“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”
Part of one's spiritual foundation and assuming responsibility for one's words.
Wisdom
"keep it light"
A positive context and philosophy for life that is protective of the mind spiraling into dark thoughts and moods, it is a way of being consistent with the spiritual admonition "don't go there" regarding under-200 subjective realities.
"Right is right even if no one is doing it..."
"Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it" -- St. Augustine.
"Faith without reason leads to superstition..."
"...Reason without faith leads to nihilism and relativism" -- Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Fides et ratio (Faith and Reason). Priority request.
"Every end is a new beginning"
Level at which this is experientially true and most relevant.
"It doesn’t matter how you learn to do it, as long as you know how to do it"
Request: Heard this in a video and it helped lift me out of shame due to my lack of prestigious, socially recognised education degree in my field of work, despite over a decade of working experience in the field. Not implying that education is unimportant.
Falkland's Law
"If you don't have to make a decision about something, then don't decide" -- request.
how you judge others is how you will be judged
Which is why forgiveness is such a good idea.
"whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap"
Galatians 6:7, the "Law of Sowing and Reaping."
the past is in the past
Shortly after deciding not to be a victim, one is able to let the past be in the past.
rather than seeking to get, allow yourself to receive
Could be called a higher level of delayed gratification.
"If it wasn't perfect it wouldn't exist"
Request: Doc said something along the lines of everything is a perfect expression of itself at every given moment, so for something to not be perfect would mean it simply does not exist.
"What you love also loves you"
Priority request: Seems like wishful thinking to me, or a good way to get taken advantage of. But then, maybe it's a heart thing.
"Pray like it's all up to God, and work like it's all up to you"
Request: Just heard this on a podcast and I thought it's a really good combination of letting go and hard work.
"You catch a lot more flies with honey than you do with vinegar"
Request: A metaphor my great grandma used to say, suggesting people respond better to kindness and patience more than anger and force.