The following are a few of the phrases, words and sentences that originally spoke to me. I hope they speak to you, too:
Be not afraid...it is I. -- John 6:20
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The final word on nonresistance: You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. -- Matt 5:38-42
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If the only prayer you pray in your life is thank you, that would suffice.
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The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing and one love. —Meister Eckhart, Sermon on Sirach 24:30
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If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate. -- Nikka, age 6
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The Dalai Lama said little beyond, My religion is kindness.
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Philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote that isolation breeds radicalization.
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Before you speak of peace, you must first have it in your heart. — St. Francis of Assisi
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God’s message of love is sent into the world in human envelopes.
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Blinding flash of the obvious: Our problem is never the named thing; it is fear of the named thing.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. Only in this way shall we live without the fatigue of bitterness and the drain of resentment. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Carl Jung: Life, so-called, is a short episode between two great mysteries, which yet are one.
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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5)
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Some years ago, E. F. Schumacher said, Small is beautiful.
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Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Blinding flash of the obvious, thy rod and thy staff are love and laughter.
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. - 1 Corinthians 15:44
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According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, Grow, grow.
That last quote is very likely my favorite.
Thank you.
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