“Keeping other people’s flaws in mind is like keeping a bowl of foul-smelling food they have given you; it contaminates your heart, leaving no room for positive thoughts.”

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Australian Buddhist leader 1959

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

"Evidence"
Evidence (2009)

“[C]ircles have been contaminated by hatred and paranoia. Refuse and reject that right now. If you make room in your heart and mind for it, it will take you down, and take down all those that follow you.”

Rod Dreher (1967) American journalist

2020s <br class="br">Source: "Information and the Cultural Revolution" https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/information-cultural-revolution-live-not-by-lies/ (January 2021), The American Conservative

“take one last look behind
commit this to memory and mind
don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place
when you leave
keep your heart off your sleeve”

Natalie Merchant (1963) American singer-songwriter

Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), Motherland

“This is serious, and you gotta keep your mind open in case an idea comes along—you want there to be some room for it to fit in.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 5 “Crystal Ball” (p. 98).

“… Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.”

Nelson Algren (1909–1981) American novelist, short story writer

Source: Chicago: City on the Make

“I think, to be what you are, don't take advice from other people. Find your advice in your heart. Yes, find your advice in your heart. It's yours and you keep it. And if you think it's helpful to other people… then share it. I think the things we share are very important.”

David Manners (1900–1998) Canadian-born American actor

Interview with David Manners, Scarlet Street #26 (1997)

“If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

President's weekly address (6 June 2009) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/WEEKLY-ADDRESS-President-Obama-Outlines-Goals-for-Health-Care-Reform/ <br class="br">2009

“You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

“You are always in my thoughts. When you were little, I knew your whereabouts at any given moment. Now that you are… off on your own, I still always know where you are, because I keep you in my heart.”

Elizabeth Berg (1948) American novelist

“You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.”

Mitch Albom For One More Day

Source: For One More Day

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