Posted by Frederic Brussat on April 1, 2022 Protestant Wisdom
Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says "peacemakers." He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.
— Jim Wallis, American theologian and political activist
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 18, 2022 Breath Prayer
Breathing in: I stand in awe . . .
Breathing out: of all creation
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 4, 2022 Slogan
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
— Stephen Covey, American educator and businessman
Posted by Frederic Brussat on February 18, 2022 Protestant Wisdom
Peace does not come rolling in on the wheels of inevitability. We can't just wish for peace. We have to will it, fight for it, suffer for it, demand it from our governments as if peace were God's most cherished hope for humanity, as indeed it is.
— William Sloane Coffin in Credo
Posted by Frederic Brussat on February 4, 2022 Zen Wisdom
The creative process, like a spiritual journey, is intuitive, nonlinear, and experiential. It points us toward our essential nature, which is a reflection of the boundless creativity of the universe.
— John Daido Loori in The Zen of Creativity
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 21, 2022 Literary Wisdom
Life for me is a profound, a sacred, a joyous, a mysterious, a soulful dance.
— Anais Nin, French-Cuban-American diarist and novelist
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 7, 2022 Unitarian Wisdom
Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon.
A happiness weapon. A Beauty Bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. . . . Floating down to earth, boxes of Crayolas. . . . And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.
— Robert Fulghum in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 24, 2021 Artistic Wisdom
Inspiration is a flash of fire in the human soul. . . . Honor it at all costs.
— Phil Cousineau in Stoking the Creative Fires
Posted by Frederic Brussat on December 10, 2021 Literary Wisdom
Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things.
— Diane Ackerman in Deep Play
Posted by Frederic Brussat on November 26, 2021 Scientific Wisdom
I like to think of nature as an unlimited radio station through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
-- George Washington Carver quoted in Rummaging for God
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
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
To Stand in Awe 
The Main Thing
The Power of Peace
Life as a Work of Art
The Mystery of Life 
The Art of Living Well 
On the Bouncing Life
Where Growth Comes From
Opening to Truth