The artist begins with a vision – a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage. — Henri Matisse (1869-1954, French artist)
Inner Peace Is Impossible without Patience
Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace. — Brian Weiss (1944-, psychiatrist, hypnotherapist, author who specializes in past life regression)
disguised as our life
God comes to us disguised as our life. — Richard Rohr (1943-, Franciscan priest, writer)
Education Should Be Gentle and Stern
Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax. — Joseph Joubert (1754-1824, French moralist, essayist)
All Life Has Emptiness at Its Core
All life has emptiness at its core; it is the quiet hollow reed through which the wind of God blows and makes the music that is our life. — Wayne Muller (1953-, ordained minister, therapist)
Love and Kindness Are never Wasted
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. — Barbara De Angelis (1951-, relationship consultant, lecturer, author)
To Become Fully Human
For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine. — Thomas Keating (1923-2018, Trappist priest)
Wisdom Departs
When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs. — Thomas a Kempis (1780-1871, the author of The Imitation of Christ)
A Human Being Is A Vessel
A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it. — Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179, German Benedictine abbess, polymath)
God Wants Us to Pay Attention to His Words
“[God] did not say: You will not be assailed, you will not be belabored, you will not be disquieted, but he said: You will not be overcome. God wants us to pay attention to his words and always to be strong in our certainty, in well-being and in woe, for he loves us and delights in us, and so he wishes us to love him and delight in him and trust greatly in him, and all will be well.” — from Short Text end of Chapter 22 by Julian of Norwich (1342-1416, medieval English Catholic anchoress)
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