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