15 quotes
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
— C.S. Lewis
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
— Zen Proverb
“We are not called to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things with extraordinary compassion”
— Jean Vanier
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
— Jim Rohn
“Have you eaten your rice porridge then wash your bowl”
— Joshu
“Earth is crammed with heaven and every common bush afire with God”
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.”
— Pema Chodron
“Everyday mind is the way”
— Nansen
“Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
— Brene Brown
“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing but if it is genuine it is enough”
— Cheryl Strayed
“We are not called to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”
“Before enlightenment chop wood carry water after enlightenment chop wood carry water”
“To catch a glimpse of the marvelous in the ordinary is the task of art and wonder makes it possible”
— Simone de Beauvoir
“The banality of evil is the most terrifying aspect of our modern world”
— Hannah Arendt
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