Jewish Wisdom
If everything is connected to everything else, then everyone is ultimately responsible for everything. We can blame nothing on anyone else. The more we comprehend our mutual interdependence, the more we fathom the implications of our most trivial acts.
— Laurence Kushner in Invisible Lines of Connection
African Wisdom
People in our village would say that children do not belong completely to the parents who gave them birth. They have used their parents' bodies to come through, but they belong to the community and to the spirit.
— Sobonfu Some in The Spirit of Intimacy
Literary Wisdom
It is not difficult to be bold when one is young. The finest audacity is that at the end of life.
— Andre Gide, French writer and winner of Nobel Prize for Literature
Philosophical Wisdom
What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask,
or never think to ask.
— Sam Keen in One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer
Catholic Wisdom
Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking about me before I was born, for all eternity.
— Ernesto Cardenal in Abide in Love
Buddhist Wisdom
I try to practice in a way that allows me to touch my blood ancestors and my spiritual ancestors every day. Whenever I feel sad or a little
fragile, I invoke their presence for support, and they never fail to be there.
— Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living Christ
Blessing
May the God of surprises
bless you this day
with unanticipated gifts,
tips for a deeper, richer life
and, best of all,
the grace to receive
with grateful hearts
these wonders.
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat