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A depressed man is told by his boss: "You're stuck between where you've been and where you're going, and you've lost sight of both."
— Comfort and Joy
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 7, 2025
Life’s Passion
Posted by Frederic Brussat on November 26, 2024
Indigenous Wisdom
Keep your passion alive –
It will warm you when the
world around you grows cold.
— Shamaan Ochaum Climbing Eagle quoted in Life Prayers from Around the World
Living Signs of Love
Posted by Frederic Brussat on August 15, 2024
Buddhist Wisdom
Our vision has to do with our values, and with our personal blueprint for what is most important in life. It has to do with first principles.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn in Wherever You Go, There You Are
Aspects of Love
Posted by Frederic Brussat on May 1, 2024
Catholic Wisdom
Love is the seed of life in my own heart
when it seeks the good of the other.
— Thomas Merton in Thomas Merton: Essential Writings
On Wisdom
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 26, 2024
Hindu Wisdom
Wisdom is one of the few things in human life that does not diminish with age.
— Ram Dass in Still Here
Life as an Art
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 1, 2024
Hindu Wisdom
When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the Scriptures.
— Kabir quoted in Legacy of the Heart by Wayne Muller
On Asking and Change
Posted by Frederic Brussat on January 25, 2024
Jewish Wisdom
This spirituality business is not about answers, but about ways of asking about the meaning of life and creation. A "bad" question slams the door but a "good" question just gets you to wondering and the wondering is wonderful.
— Lawrence Kushner in The Book of Miracles
Everything Changes
Posted by Frederic Brussat on April 7, 2023
Literary Wisdom
Small service is usually true service.
— William Wordsworth, nineteenth century English poet
Proclaiming Peace
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 24, 2023
Literary Wisdom
Imagination denied, war governed the nations.
— William Blake in Wrestling with the Prophets by Matthew Fox
Holy Moments
Posted by Frederic Brussat on March 10, 2023
Catholic Wisdom
He is truly great who is great in charity.
— Thomas A. Kempis in The Imitation of Christ
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About This Blog
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