What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love and an ocean of patience. —Francis de Sales
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. —T.S. Eliot
What we call basic truths are simply the ones we discover after all the others. —Albert Camus
You alone can do it, but you cannot do it alone. —O. Hobart Mowrer
The only security is courage. —La Rochefoucauld
You never find yourself until you face the truth. —Pearl Bailey
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. —Ann Morrow Lindbergh
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt
You may go where you wish, but you cannot escape yourself. —Norwegian proverb
We go to pray, not because we love prayer, but because we love God. —Hubert Van Zeller
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. —Eva Young
Time's most important quality is that it passes, that we have only a finite amount. Therefore, we are aware of its value and know that when you give your time, you're giving of your life. —Daphne Rose Kingma
When we come to the very edge, when we are certain that we cannot do what we feel we should do, that is when we are most open to being transformed by the doing. We have to move beyond the mind set of powerlessness. —Audrey Edwards
To do good is to do so in the minute particular. The general good is the refuge of the fool and the scoundrel. —William Blake
Those who perform only their duty are not doing their duty. —Bahya ibn Pakuda
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. —Eleanor Roosevelt
Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. —Vaclav Havel
We become what we think of ourselves. —Abraham Joshua Heschel
We can only learn to love by loving. —Iris Murdoch
Thanks be to You, my Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits You have won for me, for all the pains and insults You have formed for me. O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may I know You more clearly, love You more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. —Richard of Chichester
You can count how many seeds there are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed. —Ken Kersey
There are painters who transform the sun in to a yellow spot. But, there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. —Pablo Picasso
O Heart of Love, I place all my trust in You, for I fear all things from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Your goodness. —Margaret Mary Alacoque
Yet, O Lord, though I have no feeling of confidence in You, nevertheless, I know that You are my God, that I am all Yours, and that I have no hope but in your goodness; so, I abandon myself entirely into Your hands. —Francis de Sales
May I be patient! It is so difficult to realize what one believes, and to make these trials, as they are intended, real blessings. —John Henry Newman
Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love. —Therese of Liseux
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. —Buddha
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. —Frederick Nietzsche
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. [That's why they call it the present.] —Eleanor Roosevelt
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. —Albert Einstein
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. —Leo Buscaglia
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. —Benjamin Spock
We do not remember days...we remember moments. —Cesare Pavese
Our truest life is when we are in dreams...awake. —Henry David Thoreau
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. —Unknown
May you always have enough happiness to keep you sweet; enough trials to keep you strong, enough success to keep you eager; enough faith to give you courage; and enough determination to make each day a good day. —Unknown
When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive. —Marcus Aurelius
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. —Buddha
With all my strength, I praise you.
With all my life, I serve you.
With all my heart, I love you. —Unknown
The power of God is greater than death. Our relationships are not severed at death, but refocused beyond physical connection. As our vision of life changes, so will the physical world. As we lift our eyes above the illusion of death, we will begin to see the eternity of life. Jesus did not die when he died, and neither do we. —Marianne Williamson
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. —Rabindranath Tagore
You may avoid suffering and sorrow, but you cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, and live. Chained by your attitude, you are a slave. You have forfeited your freedom. Only if you risk are you free. —Unknown
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. —Pablo Picasso
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me. —Alexander Pope
Serenity is whole-hearted cooperation with the inevitable. —Unknown
Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new - created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing. —William Law
Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will. —Oliver Wendell Holmes
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. —Mahatma Gandhi
May I be filled with loving-kindness.
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be happy. —Buddhist meditation
We are not Human Beings having a spiritual experience.
We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience. —Wayne W. Dyer
