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.
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There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
– Jack Kornfield, Spirit Rock leader, Vipassana meditation teacher
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Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.
– Rumi,13th century Sunni Muslim & Sufi poet
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No one has ever become poor by giving.
– Anne Frank
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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.
UU Words
Being a humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
– Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist & Unitarian Universalist
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O Great Spirit, help me always speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
– Cherokee Prayer
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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
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The first step toward living a happy life is to treat every other human with kindness. There are several steps after that, but I can’t remember right now.
– 14th Dalai Lama
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Even when the gates of heaven are shut to prayer, they are open to tears.
-The Talmud (a central text of Rabbinic Judaism)
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It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.
– Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist
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Home is Where…
وطن المرء ليس مكان ولادته و لكنه المكان الذي تنتهي فيه كل محاولاته للهروب
Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
– Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer & 1988 Nobel Prize winner … read more.
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Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
— Buddha, Dhammapada 223
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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
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For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but love […] For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
– Galatians 5:13-14
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
– Anon
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
– Hebrews 13:2
