Faithfully Religionless Quotes

“In Buddhism, this resilience is encapsulated as “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” Whether we’re talking about pain in the form of old age, sickness, death, or any type of loss or trauma, the pain itself is inevitable, but our prolonged suffering from that pain is completely optional (it’s the one and only part of the equation that we can actually control by learning to keep our minds at peace). Exposure”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“My definition of God is a little unique, as it doesn’t conjure a white, bearded man in the sky who dispenses blessings for good behavior and condemns the bad. That’s because I don’t believe God does that; religion does.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“He began to describe the house to her on the flight over, and she immediately said, “I love it!” “But you haven’t even seen it yet,” he laughed, “just wait!” “It doesn’t matter!” Carol replied. “Happiness is something you choose ahead of time. How much I like the house has nothing to do with the exterior paint or the way you’ve arranged the furniture; it has everything to do with how I choose to look at it, and I have already decided to love it!”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“nothing is worth it if you aren’t happy.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“If someone were to tell me that the sky is green, for example, and I believe it to be blue, I see no need to tell them that they are wrong, nor do I need to feel superior by making them inferior. I simply walk away from that experience with the newfound knowledge that to some people the sky looks green... and that’s okay.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Tyler Durden said, “The things you own end up owning you. And it’s not until you lose everything that you are free to do anything!”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Our thoughts are rarely ever truly our own; they are shaped by the people around us or by current events and media exposure. Even when we think of something ourselves (or we think we do), it’s important to remember that the mind is strangely capable of believing just about anything in order to avoid internal conflict and dissonance. If”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Don’t believe everything you think!” is probably the best advice I’ve ever been given.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Just like water from the ocean won’t sink a boat unless the water gets inside the boat, the negativity of the world can’t bring me down unless I allow it to get inside.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Our sensitive egos turn personal opinions into what we often mistakenly call “facts,” but they aren’t factual at all; just comforting.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“When in doubt, look at your actions and you’ll see your priorities.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Those who are afraid of never having enough, ultimately never have enough. And those who are grateful for what they already have, always live in abundance.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world; today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“is suffering deeply within themselves, and that pain spills over. They do not need punishment; what they need is our help; that is the message they are sending.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Those who are afraid of never having enough, ultimately never have enough. And those who are grateful for what they already have, always live in abundance. Whenever”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“Since our thoughts can’t be trusted, and what other people tell us is always biased, and even our feelings aren’t facts, then our personal experience is the only thing we can truly trust. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. But when I do, I understand!”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“As Gerry Spence brilliantly summarized, “It is better to have a mind opened by wonder, than a mind closed by belief.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.” And the longer we cling to our beliefs, the harder it is to let them go (even when presented with evidence to the contrary). The”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“To put it another way: faith is a spiritual practice of continually letting go of certainty, of ego, and of the underlying need to know, while religion is a traditional, ceremonial clinging to concrete dogmas, stubborn rigidity, and ageless rituals. One is love-based, liberated and free, while the other is fear-based, confined and restricted.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless

“The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”
― Timber Hawkeye, Faithfully Religionless