A Letter With My Favorite Quotes

I recall being in high school when I had a teacher hand me a small piece of paper with a number of really powerful quotes on it. I kept this paper in my wallet for some years and reflected on it often. It was such a simple yet profound gift. I am not sure he will really ever know the impact that it had on my life.

Many mornings I wake up and I write letters that I will give to people that day via the Give Love Chain. One of the main reasons I love to do this is because I often times will connect with people in cafes, coffee shops or other public places for a brief moment and I love having something that I can give them to expand on the love that I feel at that time.

Part of the reason I love great quotes is because I experience them as powerful distillations of truth. Because of their simplicity it really has a way of almost becoming more meaningful the more we reflect on them.

In the spirit of sharing wisdom through quotes I wanted to share this post. Here are some of my favorite quotes that I wrote in my letter this morning…

(I unfortunately don’t know who originally shared all of these quotes, If you actually know who said some of these things, I invite you to put it the comments below)

“The only thing higher than love is freedom and love is the path to freedom”

• Osho

“If you love anything enough it will reveal all of it’s secrets to you”

• George Washington Carver

“Words are the bucket that carry the water”

• Unknown

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that crushed it”

• Mark Twain

“You give but little when you give your possessions, it is when you give of yourself that you truly give”

• Khalil Gibran

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

• Dr Suess

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”

• Loa Tzu

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Have cannot drive out hate, only love can do that”

• Martin Luther King

“A principle is only a principle if exercised when inconvenient”

• Unknown

“A real leader is never chosen. A real leader is recognized”

• Unknown

The greatest leader among you, will be the servant of all of you”

• Martin Luther King

“Inspiration without action is merely entertainment”

• Unknown

“Action is the evidence of knowing”

• Unknown

“How you do anything is how you do everything”

• Unknown

“How your living is how your are dying”

• Unknown

“In order to have more you must become more”

• Unknown.

What are some of your favorite quotes?