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)
Education Should Be Gentle and Stern
Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax. — Joseph Joubert (1754-1824, French moralist, essayist)
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)
A Kind Heart
Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart. — Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924, novelist, playwright)
The Empires of the Future
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. — Winston Churchill (1874-1965, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
What I Gave away Remains with Me
What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. — Joseph Addison (1672-1719, British writer, politician)
The Court of Conscience
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist)
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