4

Let the good in me connect with the good in others, until all the world is transformed through the compelling power of love.

- Nachman of Breslov -

5

Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt in solitude, where we are least alone.

3

Our kinship with Earth must be maintained; otherwise, we will find ourselves trapped in the center of our own paved-over souls with no way out.

5

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.

4

There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven.

8

Adding wings to caterpillars does not create butterflies, it creates awkward and dysfunctional caterpillars. Butterflies are created through transformation.

- Stephanie Marshall

edmea:
Great quote
wissportsfan:
Thanks @edmea. I think so too.
5

When we are challenged we do not rise to our expectations. We fall to our level of practice.

9

Waiting, as represented by silences, gaps, and distance, allows us the capacity to imagine that which does not yet exist and, ultimately, innovate into those new worlds as our knowledge expands.

9

We -- young and old together -- hold the future in our hands. If our common life is to become more compassionate, creative, and just, it will take an intergenerational effort.

6

Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think 'My life will be upside down' don't worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?

7

Be the one who, when you walk in,
Blessing shifts to the one who needs it most.
Even if you've not been fed,
Be bread.