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Sources of Wisdom

 

It takes bravery to train in unconditional friendliness, it takes bravery to train in ‘suffering with,’ it takes bravery to stay with pain when it arises and not run or erect barriers.

 

– Pema Chödrön, American Buddhist nun and spiritual leader, Gampo Abbey, Nova … read more.

Sources of Wisdom

 

We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. 

 

– Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist, & civil rights … read more.

Sources of Wisdom

 

Honor the sacred.
Honor the Earth, our Mothers.
Honor the Elders.
Honor all with whom we share the Earth –
Four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones,
Swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock, people.
Walk in balance and beauty.

 

– Native American Saying

UU Words

 

We are not human because we think. We are human because we care.

 

– Forrest Church, UU minister and author

UU Words

 

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

 
– Frank Lloyd Wright,
American architect & Unitarian Universalist

Sources of Wisdom

 

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

 

– Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Sources of Wisdom

 

Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.

 

– Anon

UU Words

 

We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be, at heart, on the side of truth.

 

– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Unitarian Universalist