Catholic Wisdom

Sing a little louder, dance a little longer, play a little harder. Let life loose in you.
— Joan Chittister in Light in the Darkness

Psychological Wisdom

Oliver Sacks wrote of a woman who after brain surgery was greatly changed. She became continually positive and upbeat. The woman called herself "a joyologist," I want to be a joyologist myself.
— Mary Pipher in Seeking Peace

Buddhist Wisdom

When animals in the forest get wounded, they find a place to lie down and then rest completely for ten days. They don’t think about food or anything else. They just rest, and then get the healing they need.
— Thich Nhat Hahn in The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Movie Lines

Remember to love each other, always. There's scarcely anything else in life but that.
— Jean Valjean in Les Miserables

Protestant Wisdom

Our duty is not to see through one another, but to see one another through.
— Leonard Sweet in A Cup of a Coffee at the Soul Cafe

Literary Wisdom

I learned to make my mind large as the universe is large so there is room for paradoxes.
— Maxine Hong Kingston in Unexpected Miracles by David Richo

Blessing

Blessings on our bodies
alive with Spirit.
Blessings on our minds
filled with dreams.
Blessings on our hearts
opened by love.
Blessings, blessings, blessings.
— John Philip Newell in Praying with the Earth


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