{"quotes":[{"text":"To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["accept","acceptance","answer","ask","begin","better","betterment","compassion","compassionate","condition","conversations","converse","empathy","friend","friendship","good","hear","improvement","judge","judgement","judgment","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kind","kindness","know","knowledge","kojouri","listen","listener","love","love","lover","mindful","mindfulness","ourselves","quote","quotes","reply","reserve","respond","self","self-help","self-improvement","self-love","sincerely"],"id":1026,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Unfortunately we do treat others as we treat ourselves. We should try being genuinely kind to ourselves first and the rest will come naturally, like an 18-kt. Golden Rule.” ― Erica Goros, The Daisy Chain.","author":"Erica Goros","tags":["betterment","friendships","golden-rule","help","inspiration","life","relationships"],"id":2798,"author_id":"Erica+Goros"},{"text":"Forgiveness is the subjective and fertile ground the acorn falls upon when gifted to ourselves and others.","author":"Gillian Duce","tags":["betrayal","better","better-life","betterment","duce","enlightenment","enlightenment","fear","fearless","flying","forever","forgive","forgiveness","forgiveness","gift","gift-of-life","gifts","gillian","growing-up","growth","guidance","guidance","guide","hell","help","inspirational","inspirational-life","inspirational","leadership","learning","life","life-lessons","life","love","love","madell","spiritual","spiritual-growth","spirituality"],"id":2838,"author_id":"Gillian+Duce"},{"text":"It is less about becoming a better person, and more of being better, as a person.","author":"J.R. Rim","tags":["be","being","being-yourself","better","better-being","better-person","better-version","betterment","person","personal-development","personal-growth","personal-responsibility","self-development","self-help"],"id":3140,"author_id":"J.R.+Rim"},{"text":"Wouldn't the world be a much better place if we didn't make it past the age of maybe 10? Think back to when we were younger, before we were so easily influenced by adults. We rebelled against everything that we now believe is impossible. Super Heroes still existed and we didn't hold grudges because 'sorry' was okay and as long as you still wanted to share your toys with me, nothing more needed to be said. Be 10 years old today everyone.","author":"D'Andre Lampkin","tags":["12","adult","age","before","better","better-life","better-man","better-person","better-place","better-self","better-with-age","better-world","betterment","children","compassion","hatred","influence","kind","school","the-past","wisdom","world","years","younger"],"id":17626,"author_id":"D%27Andre+Lampkin"},{"text":"If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["academics","betterment","character","college","curiosity","development","education","ethics","grades","growth","helping-others","higher-education","humility","inferiority","journey","knowledge","learning","morality","personality","power","professor","scholar","school","skill","status","superiority","teacher","university"],"id":18944,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Maybe it's wrong-footed trying to fit people into the world, rather than trying to make the world a better place for people.[as quoted in 'Brain Gain' by Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 4/27/09 issue].","author":"Paul McHugh","tags":["betterment","fitting-in","people","world"],"id":21060,"author_id":"Paul+McHugh"},{"text":"Evolving and bettering yourself is wonderful, but not if the set of standards and values you adopt smothers you into oblivion in the process.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["betterment","evolve","process","standards","values"],"id":25343,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["betterment","intelligence","kindness","knowing","smarts"],"id":29716,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"The intrinsic and extrinsic heart is always at odds, so which heart is yours? For one will bask in true joy, while the other lives in self-loathing misery.","author":"Joel T. McGrath","tags":["betterment","meditation","reflection"],"id":34127,"author_id":"Joel+T.+McGrath"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}