Spiritual Practices
of the Day

Nikos Kazantskis in Zorba the Greek
Everything in this world has a hidden...

Gerald Jampolsky
To be impatient is to be hooked...

Deng Ming-Dao quoted in The Tao of Elvis by David Rosen
Those of us who aspire to meditation . . .

Anthony de Mello in One Minute Wisdom
Before I was twenty I never worried...

Merle Shain in Hearts That We Broke Long Ago
The roots of love sink down and deep...

Charlotte Joko Beck in Finding What You Didn't Lose
We need to approach our state of mind...

Alan Jones in "Seasons of Grace"
Waiting time in the doctor's office . . .

Baal Shem Tov
Everybody is unique...

Paul R. Fleischman in Cultivating Inner Peace
Peace is a species of action.

William Sloane Coffin in Credo
God's love . . .

Paula Hardin in What Are You Doing with the Rest of Your Life?
Tibetan Buddhist monks greet strangers...

The Talmud
Accustom your tongue to say...

Abraham H. Maslow in Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences
The great lesson from the true mystics...

Joan Chittister in Becoming Fully Human
The things we call impossible . . .

Jae Woong Kim in Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind
Fear about how one will support oneself . . .

Jane Wagner in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
See, the human mind is kind of like...

Ryokan, Zen monk
Oh, that my monk's robes . . .

Beth Ferris in Finding What You Didn't Lose
Then there is the listening...

W. H. Auden quoted in The Five Things We Cannot Change
Don't tell me . . .

Thich Nhat Hanh in Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book
I am the caterpillar or the ant that the bird...

Brenda Ueland in Finding What You Didn't Lose
Listening is a magnetic and strange...

Cheri Huber in The Fear Book
Every time we choose safety . . .

Jelaluddin Rumi in Unseen Rain, Quatrains of Rumi
Keep walking, though there's no place...

George Sheehan in Going the Distance
Play is as essential . . .

Herman Hesse
Within you there is a stillness...

Roger Payne in Talking on the Water
Whales and redwoods both make us feel small...

Eknath Easwaran in To Love Is to Know Me
Our mental atmosphere can be polluted...

Hazrat Inayat Khan quoted in The Exquisite Risk
God breaks the heart . . .

Katherine Le Mee in Chant
Spiritual teaching has always pointed to...

Hui Neng quoted in A Zen Book of Hours by Frederick Franck
The meaning of life . . .

Rufus Jones in Essential Writings
The greatest single help . . .

Metchild of Magdeburg in You Already Know What to Do
I, God, am your playmate...

Thich Nhat Hanh in Love in Action
Things can sometimes go more smoothly . . .

John Updike in Life magazine
I will try not to panic...

Rollo May in The Courage to Create
If you do not express...

Marc Ian Barasch in Field Notes on the Compassionate Life
A society based on universal compassion . . .

Sue Bender in Everyday Sacred
On the day of their marriage...

Philip Toshio Sudo in Zen 24/7
The stop sign reminds us . . .

Michael Grosso in Soulmaker
Great dreams contain inexhaustible truths...

Marianne Williamson in A Return to Love
Spiritual progress is . . .

Clark Strand in The Wooden Bowl
I once saw a cartoon...

Anthony de Mello in Awakening
The Master overheard an actress...

Mechtild of Magdeburg quoted in Open Mind by Diane Mariechild
The Holy Spirit is . . .

David A. Cooper in God Is a Verb
God says . . .

Donald McCullough in Say Please, Say Thank You
To be courteous is . . .

G. K. Chesterton quoted in Celebrate Your Child by Richard Carlson
Taking things with gratitude . . .

Macrina Wiederkehr in A Grateful Heart
O God, help me to believe the truth...

Anne Lamott in Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
Rest and laughter . . .

Jacqueline Small in Embodying Spirit
To move into the world of meaning...

Daniel Homan in Radical Hospitality
Hospitality is . . .

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