Spiritual Guidance
A Treasury of Inspired & Inspiring Words
Part 2 / Short Inspiring Texts

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All the way to heaven is
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard
At some point your heart will tell you
Be patient; in time even an egg
Begin each day as if it were
Courage does not always roar
Dance as though no one is watching you
Death in various forms is sometimes
Death is not extinguishing
Do not get all upset when difficulties come
Don't judge each day by the harvest you
Don't start off the day with
Eternal Goodness, You want me to gaze
Eternal rest grant unto them
Every thing suffered in love
Everything that can be counted does not
Everything will be okay in the end
Example isn't another way to
Faith is the bird that feels the light
Finish each day and be
Forgiveness is not always easy.
Forgiveness is the key to
Genuine holiness is precisely a matter
God comes in
God is our clothing. In love God wraps
God loves everybody. Nobody
Grant, O Merciful God, that I may ardently desire

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How old would you be if
I am open, Lord. Please
I believe that imagination is stronger than
I do not know the meaning of darkness
I live through the mercy of Jesus
I offer you, Lord, my thoughts: to be fixed
I pray, Lord, that you enlighten my mind
If I am not concerned for myself
If we love God and are faithful to God
If you are going to doubt something
If you can find a place to serve
If you want peace, work for
If you want to live a happy life, tie it
In our desire for eternal life we pray for an eternity
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really
In the dark times will there be singing?
Insanity: doing the same thing
It is by design that Jesus concealed the last day
It is never too late to be
It is only with the heart that one can see
It is the small things that are hard to do
It's not the years in your life that count.
Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth
Learn from yesterday, live for today
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life.
Let nothing disturb you, nothing
Life is so short
Life is what we make it, always
Love generously. Praise
Love Him totally who gave Himself
Love is an act of endless forgiveness
Love is an endless mystery, for

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Genuine holiness is precisely a matter of enduring our own imperfections patiently.
— Therese of Lisieux

God comes in through the wound.
— Marion Woodman

If I am not concerned for myself, who will be for me? If I am only concerned for myself, what good am I? And if now is not the time to act, when will it be?
— Hillel

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
— Hannah Arendt

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If you can find a place to serve, you can be happy.
— Jean Donavan

Life is so short we must move very slowly.
— Thai proverb

Don't start off the day with the broken pieces of yesterday
— Anonymous

At some point your heart will tell you what to do.
— Achaan Chah

I do not know the meaning of darkness, but I have learned the overcoming of it.
— Helen Keller

It is the small things that are hard to do.
— John B. Flannagan

It is by design that Jesus concealed the last day from us, so that we would be on the lookout for Him every day of our lives.
— Augustine of Hippo

God loves everybody. Nobody has an excuse.
— Teresa of Avila

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Be patient; in time even an egg will walk.
— African proverb

Every thing suffered in love is healed again.
— Teresa of Avila

All the way to heaven is heaven.
— Canon Frederic Farrar

I live through the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.
— Pope John XXIII

God is our clothing. In love God wraps and holds us. God enfolds us for love and God will never let us go.
— Julian of Norwich

Eternal Goodness, You want me to gaze into You and see that You love me, to see that You love me gratuitously, so that I may love everyone with the very same love.
— Catherine of Siena

Love Him totally who gave Himself totally for Your love.
— Clare of Assisi

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If we love God and are faithful to God, we shall be at peace, and this peace shall endure.
— Madeleine Sophie Barat

Do not get all upset when difficulties come your way. Laugh in your enemy's face; you are in the arms of the Almighty. Therefore, let God be your strength and your love.
— Francis de Sales

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
— Unknown

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
— Mary Anne Radmacher

Dance as though no one is watching you.
Love as though you have never been hurt before.
Sing as though no one can hear you.
Live as though heaven is on earth.
— Alfred D'Souza

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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.
— Don Ward

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
— George Eliot

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
— Albert Einstein

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
— Unknown

It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
— Abraham Lincoln

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Love generously. Praise loudly. Live fully.
— Elias Portor

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
— Unknown

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
— Mary Anne Radmacher

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seed you plant.
— Robert Louis Stevenson

Grant, O Merciful God, that I may ardently desire, prudently examine, truthfully acknowledge, and perfectly accomplish what is pleasing to You for the praise and glory
of Your name. Amen.
— Thomas Aquinas

In the dark times will there be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times.
— Bertold Brecht

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I am open, Lord. Please come in.
I am listening, Lord. Please speak.
I am ready, Lord. Please move.
— Unknown

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
— Order of Christian Funerals

I pray, Lord, that you enlighten my mind, inflame my will, purify my heart, and sanctify my soul.
— Pope Clement XI

I offer you, Lord, my thoughts: to be fixed on you;
my words: to have you for their theme;
my actions: to reflect my love for you;
my sufferings: to be endured for your greater glory.
I want to do what you ask of me:
in the way you ask, for as long as you ask, because you ask it.
—The Universal Prayer by Pope Clement IX

Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you.
All things are passing; God never changes.
Patient endurance attains to all things.
Whoever possesses God is wanting in nothing; God alone suffices.
— Teresa of Avila

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
— Antoine de Saint-Exuperay

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Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
— Albert Einstein

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
— Albert Einstein

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
— Albert Einstein

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
— Rabindranath Tagore

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
— Rabindranath Tagore

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
— Rabindranath Tagore

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
— Albert Einstein

In our desire for eternal life we pray for an eternity of our habit and comfort, forgetting that immortality is in repeatedly transcending the definite forms of life in order to pursue the infinite truth of life.
— Rabindranath Tagore

If you want peace, work for justice.
— Pope Paul VI

Death in various forms is sometimes comforting, while resurrection and new life can be demanding and threatening. If I lived as if resurrection were real, and allowed myself to die for the sake of a new life, what might I be called upon to do?
— Parker J. Palmer

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, myth is more potent than history, dreams are more powerful than facts, hope always triumphs over experience, laughter is the cure for grief, love is stronger than death.
— Robert Fulghum

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth;
Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust;
Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace;
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
— Satish Kumar

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.
— Anne Frank

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Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
— Marianne Williamson

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
— Peter Ustinov

Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner.
— Christian meditation

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall.
Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day.
Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly,
purely till the sun goes down.
And this is all that life really means.
— Robert Louis Stevenson

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
— Earl Nightingale

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
— Grandma Moses

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