To will what God wills is the only science that gives us rest. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
Unknown Confederate Soldier – “I asked God for strength that I might achieve…”
A Creed for Those Who Have Suffered I asked God for strength that I might achieve… I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things… I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy… I was given poverty […]
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “There are two futures…”
There are two futures, one in time and one in scale, one horizontal — the other vertical and always there, just above our present state. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote – “When experience is complete, there is no residue…”
When experience is complete, there is no residue — that is the beauty of life. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 – 1986)
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “There are forces in you working upon you all the time…”
There are forces in you working upon you all the time to make you awaken, to heal you, to cure you — if you can only listen to them. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “The hidden well-spring of your soul…”
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea; And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes. But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure; And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. […]
Khalil Gibran Quote – “And think not you can direct the course of love…”
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Upanishads Quote – “From unreality lead me to the real…”
From unreality lead me to the real, from darkness to the light, from death to immortality. Upanishads (circa 800 – 200 B.C.E.)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “When love beckons to you, follow him…”
When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And When his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And When he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as […]
Simone Weil Quote – “Every time that a fragment of inexpressible truth…”
Every time that a fragment of inexpressible truth passes into words that, although they are not able to contain the truth that inspired them, have by their order a perfect correspondence with truth that furnishes support to every spirit that wants to find it. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)