Acumen – Page 6 – Eudaimonia

The Living Body of Christ in the Broken Bodies

I know I am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering. — Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD)

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God. — Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. — Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. — Solon (630-560 BC)

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger. — Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being. — Confucius (551-479 BC)

Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence. – Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex. — Mr. Rogers (1928-2003)

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present. – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)