quotes

over the years I've collected these most uplifting and inspiring quotes

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It is impossible to bless and to judge at the same time.
So hold constantly as a deep, hallowed, intoned thought, that desire to bless,
for truly then shall you become a peacemaker, and one day you shall,
everywhere, behold the very face of God. ~ Pierre Pradervand

We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson ( quoted by Nelson Mandela )

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise
is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. I call it stillness, but it is a jewel
with many facets: that stillness is also joy, and it is love. Eckhart Tolle

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

Hold in our hearts love
Honor and adore,
Serve, praise, and bless,
Glorify and exalt.
Magnify and give thanks.
~ St. Francis

Thus shall ye think of this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lighting in a summer cloud;
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
-Buddha, Diamond Sutra

Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible.
Instead... only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon.
Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
From the movie "The Matrix"

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything.
If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If we want to get to the truth, we have to get back to the fairy tales and myths.
~ Chesterson

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~ Maori proverb

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. - Denis Diderot

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers. Thich Nhat Hanh

The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love. ~ Mother Teresa

"There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.... Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~

'We must become the change we want to see in the world'
(Mahatma Gandhi)

At times I go about pitying myself, when all the while
I am being carried by great winds across the sky ~Japanese proverb

But why does nature use symmetry to express its deepest secrets?
No one knows ~Michio Kaku

In the point of rest at the center of our being , we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation , each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. Dag Hammarskjold

And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anais Nin

"If the arrangement of the whole universe is some kind of musical harmony...in human nature, the whole music of the universe can be discerned." Gregory of Nyssa ( c.a. A.D. 330-395 )

"The moment you have in your heart
this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth,
the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that
for you the world is transformed." ~ Krishnamurti

A monk asks: Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?
The master answers: Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.
- Angelus SilesiusA monk asks: Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?
The master answers: Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.
- Angelus Silesius

There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth,
beyond us all, beyond the heavens,
beyond the highest, the very highest heavens.
This is the Light that shines in our heart.
~Chandogya Upanishad

The Spirit is beyond sound and form, without touch and taste and perfume. It is eternal, unchangeable, and without beginning or end; indeed above reasoning. When consciousness of the Spirit manifests itself, man becomes free from the jaws of death. ~ Upanishads (c. B.C.E 800)

"Whoever has ears to hear should hear. There is light within a man of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine it is darkness." Jesus – Gospel of Thomas

"Like the meridians as they approach the poles, science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge as they draw nearer to the whole..." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world." Buddha

"If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.” ~ Buddha

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell." ~ Buddha

"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky" ~ Buddha

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. ~ Buddha

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye. ~ Buddha

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. . -Buddha

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. - e.e. cummings

"The rulers thought that it was by their own power and will that they were doing what they did,
but the Holy Spirit in secret was accomplishing everything through them as it wished." Gospel of Philip

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