Paths to HealingPhilosophical Wisdom
Each soul is unique and each soul has been wounded or lost in a unique way. Therefore each soul has to follow its own path of soul-healing and soul-making.
— Michael Grosso, American independent scholar and philosopher
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 15, 2021
Listening to Teachers
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 8, 2021
Catholic Wisdom
The real dance is when the soul takes God into its arms and you both fall
onto your knees in gratitude.
— St John of the Cross in Mala of the Heart edited by Ravi Nathwani and Kate Vogt
Believing in Beginnings
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 1, 2021
Prayer
O God, help me to believe in the beginnings
and in my beginnings again,
no matter how often I've failed before.
—Ted Loder in Guerrillas of Grace
The Challenge from the Crib
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 25, 2020
Literary Wisdom
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry,
the philosophy which does not laugh,
and the greatness that does not bow before children.
— Kahlil Gibran, essayist, novelist, poet
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The Real Trick in Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 18, 2020
Literary Wisdom
An apology is the superglue of life.
It can repair just about anything.
— Lynn Johnson, author of young adult fiction
The Sacred Way
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 11, 2020
Catholic Wisdom
Let me recognize in other men and women,
my God, the radiance of your own face.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit priest and paleontologist
Bursting into Light
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 4, 2020
Movie Lines
"There are other forms of intelligence on Earth besides humans."
— Spock in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Entertaining Yourself with God
Posted by Frederic Brussat on November 27, 2020
Proverb
If one possesses contentment,
less or more wealth makes no difference.
-- Tibetan Proverb
On Giving and the Good
Posted by Frederic Brussat on November 20, 2020
Hindu Wisdom
Keep on giving — your time, your energy, your talent, your resources.
Everything is a trust given to you to be used for the benefit of others.
— Eknath Easwaran, meditation teacher and interspirituality pioneer
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Trusting Life
Posted by Frederic Brussat on November 13, 2020
Mantra
Always trust life.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit priest and paleontologist
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About This Blog
Within all the spiritual traditions, short and sweet wisdom abounds: from mantras and blessings to 12-step slogans and proverbs, and more. As philosopher George Santayana once said: "To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired." In this blog, I will take up the quest for small seeds of spiritual wisdom, which can be found everywhere if we keep our eyes and ears open. More