Spiritual Practices
of the Day

Kathleen Norris in The Quotidian Mysteries
Whenever I am checking bags at an airport...

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

Oscar Romero in Oscar Romero: Reflections on His Life and Writings
I denounce especially the absolutizing of wealth...

Sogyal Rinpoche in Buddhist Acts of Compassion
In a public talk, Sogyal Rinpoche recalls...

John Tarrant in The Light Inside the Dark
Many times on our journey we are tempted...

A Muslim prayer in The Children's Book of Poems, Prayers and Meditations
I thank you Lord, for knowing me...

Exercise by Will Brinton described in Love and the World by Robert Sardello
When you walk on the Earth . . .

His Holiness Dalai Lama in The Path to Tranquility
If you find yourself slandering anybody...

Marguerite Yourcenar quoted in Unexpected Miracles by David Richo
To stay in one place . . .

Rumi quoted in Honoring the Earth edited by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon
Spring, and no one can be still . . .

Rainer Maria Rilke
Work of the eyes is done...

Scott Russell Sanders in Staying Put
Mystery is not much in favor...

Edward Hays in Secular Sanctity
I see letters I have received as sacraments...

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in The Book of Jewish Values
My wife and I periodically try to engage...

Jae Woong Kim in Polishing the Diamond, Enlightening the Mind
In our monastery, we sleep with the lights on...

Macrina Wiederkehr in Gold in Your Memories
That field of buttercups was the lap of God...

Matthew Fox in One River, Many Wells
It takes a warrior to do...

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in Jewish with Feeling
Any act that protects life . . .

Shoni Labowitz in Miraculous Living
It is the creative person who steps aside...

Wayne Teasdale in The Other Half of My Soul
Transformation is the fruit of mystical revelation...

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

Mary Margaret Funk in Thoughts Matter
When I am deep in sorrow...

Esther de Waal in The Way of Simplicity
An old monastic saying goes...

Badshah Khan in Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
No true effort is in vain...

Lama Yeshe quoted in Transforming Problems into Happiness by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
An apple a day . . .

The Cloud of Unknowing quoted in Silent Hope by John Kirvan
Moments of silence and solitude . . .

M. Basil Pennington in Living in the Question
We have too little respect . . .

Joyce Rupp in The Cosmic Dance
I've learned how to no be broken from . . .

Ali Merad in Christian Hermit in an Islamic World
Piety is not demonstrated exclusively...

Jelaluddin Rumi in Delicious Laughter translated by Coleman Barks
A dragon was pulling a bear...

The Talmud
Accustom your tongue to say...

Henri Nouwen in Raw Faith
I can only fly freely...

Henri J. M. Nouwen in Bread for the Journey
More and more people to remember . . .

Dale Turner in Different Seasons
On Toscanini's eightieth birthday, someone asked...

The Baal Shem Tov in The Kabbalah Deck
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should...

Kent Nerburn in Calm Surrender
Forgiveness is an embrace...

Samuel H. Miller in The Dilemma of Modern Belief
In the muddled mess of this world . . .

Caroline W. Casey in Making the Gods Work for You
We connect to something larger than ourselves...

Peter Reinhart in Bread Upon the Waters
The fastest way to know God is...

Thomas Keating in Open Mind, Open Heart
It only takes a moment for God...

David Steindl-Rast in Tying Rocks to Clouds
Meaning is something that's given...

The Peasetzna Rebbe in Jewish Spiritual Practices
If you are having trouble directing your mind...

Joan Chittister in The Psalms: Meditations for Every Day of the Year
Longing is a compass that guides...

Lawrence Kushner in Invisible Lines of Connection
By doing what your lover wants...

Rami M. Shapiro in Hasidic Tales: Annotated and Explained
The stories we tell . . .

Anne Morrow Lindbergh inTraits of a Healthy Spirituality
It is nice to think how one can be...

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

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin in The Book of Jewish Values
Jewish teachings regard wasting...

Rachel Naomi Remen quoted in Stretching Lessons by Sue Bender
Goose bumps happen when . . .

Wayne Teasdale in A Monk in the World
As our world becomes smaller . . .

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