Opening to Truth
Posted by 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
Buddhist Wisdom
People who cling to the experience of spirituality are said to have the "stink of enlightenment." It's necessary to come back and work in the world.
-- Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields in Instructions to the Cook
New Thought Wisdom
The fabric of American society must be rewoven one loving stitch at a time: one child read to, one sick person prayed for, one elder given respect and made to feel needed, one prisoner rehabilitated, one mourner given comfort.
-- Marianne Williamson in Healing the Soul of America
Hindu Wisdom
Go out of your way to make others happy.
-- Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Foundation
Native American Wisdom
The universe is big enough for all truth. We don't have to destroy someone else's to make room for our own.
-- Evan Pritchard in No Word for Time
Literary Wisdom
The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition
-- Arthur Koestler quoted in You Already Know What to Do
Proverb
Glory to your feet.
-- Albanian proverb