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

Literary Wisdom

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings.
— Maya Angelou, writer and civil rights activist

Sufi Wisdom

God turns you from one feeling to another
and teaches by means of opposites,
so that you will have two wings to fly.
— Rumi in Rumi Daylight translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski

Jewish Wisdom

Always remember: joy is not merely incidental to your spiritual quest.
It is vital.
— Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in The Empty Chair

Transformational Wisdom

We become hopeful when somebody tells the truth.
— Margaret J. Wheatley in Turning to One Another

Quaker Wisdom

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.
— William Penn in The Doubleday Christian Quotation Collection

Breath Prayer

Breathing in: As Spirit transforms me . . .
Breathing out: may I transform the world.


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