Sufi Wisdom

We need a spiritual recovery program for those addicted to the separate self.
— Kabir Helminski in The Knowing Heart

Nature Wisdom

If Earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward Earth and its inhabitants.
— Thomas Berry in Thomas Berry: Selected Writings on the Earth Community

Literary Wisdom

To know oneself as a body is more important, at this moment in history, than to read the words of all the wise men who have ever lived.
— Marco Vassi in The Red Thread of Passion

Zen Wisdom

Good and bad can all be used in their own way. None are to be discarded. . . . You mustn’t reject anything.
— Zen Master Kyong Ho in 365 Zen

Spiritual Wisdom

Creativity means making something for the soul out of every experience.
— Thomas Moore in Care of the Soul

Proverb

Bloom where you are planted.
— English Proverb

Haiku

One umbrella —
the person more in love
gets wet.
— Keisanjin in Haiku Humor


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