The end of all knowledge should be virtuous action
- Phillip Sydney
It is a slow and painful process, this striving after true inner freedom
-Etty Hillesum
If fate does not adjust itself to you, adjust yourself to fate
-Persian Proverb
Nothing real can be threatened Nothing unreal exists Herein lies the peace of God
-From a Course in Miracles
Hold every moment sacred Give each clarity and meaning each the weight of thine awareness each its true and due fulfillment
-Thomas Mann
Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning.
-Thomas a Kempis
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
- Edmund Burke
Speak only when it improves the silence.
- Trappist Dictum
Just to be
is a blessing
just to live
is holy
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
To live within limits,
to want one thing,
or a very few things, very
much and love them dearly,
cling to them,
survey them from every
angle, become one with
them-that is what makes
the poet, the artist, the
human being.
- Johann Goethe
The seeking for God is itself the gift of having been found, and our longing for God is God's presence experienced as absence. - W. Paul Jones
The greatest challenge in life is to decide what's important and disregard everything else.
Kindness is more important than perfection.
It's best to be decisive, even if it means you will sometimes be wrong.
Nothing very bad or very good ever lasts very long.
To get the right answer, you have to ask the right question.
Everything matters.
Know how sublime a thing it is, To suffer and be strong- Longfellow
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
- Tao Te Ching
The responsibility for tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows."-Henry David Thoreau
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. - Kahlil Gibran
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing - Anatole France
Tend what is holy in your work
