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Renewable Hope
Literary Wisdom
Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.
-- Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
Teacher Wisdom
Trust …
Nobility to Respect
Buddhist Wisdom
Ancient trees, water, and wind join my hand
to bring light to this moment.
— Barbara Kipfer in 201 Little Buddhist Reminders
On the Side of Life
Zen Wisdom
Buckle up and drive safely.
Arrive and give thanks.
That is Zen.
— Philip Toshio Sudo in Zen 24/7
Love of Creation
Zen Wisdom
Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.
— Paul Reps in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Movie Lines
There's never nothing going on. Take out the trash, Dan. …
Making the Most of Every Day
Catholic Wisdom
Praying is our daily appointment with wisdom.
— Thomas Merton quoted in Hanging Onto Hope by Melanie Svoboda
Looking for God
Mystical Wisdom
A mystic is a person who sees the facts as inadequate.
— Madeleine L'Engle in Suncatcher by Carole Chase
Living Poorer
Wendell Berry has been writing and living a life of limits, simplicity, and letting go for many years. For Ragan Sutterfield, Berry is a model of Christian renunciation. He quotes him in his America…
Life Lessons
Everyday Spirituality
I learned that God was an equal employment employer — that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the sun or the moon rise or s…
John Irving on Fear
In an interview with NPR about his latest novel Avenue of Mysteries, John Irving states: "I've always written about what I fear. Maybe the most autobiographical element in my novels is that they're …
Honoring Everyone and Every Thing
Catholic Wisdom
Spiritual sensitivity heightens when we know how to see, touch, and taste the physical world with exquisite reverence and contemplative discipline.
—Tessa Bielecki in Holy Dar…