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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Happiness and Wisdom
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
– Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Knowing Nothing
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
– Socrates
Wisdom
This month the subject is Wisdom. And today we begin with a quote that set the tone for all of our congregation’s Chapter (our meeting at which the sisters gather to discern our direction):
Wisdom stands at the door and waits.
Stay Ready
God always provides what we need, but we must be ready to open our eyes and see it.
– The Midrash
Fragility of Beauty
Come quickly — as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers.
– Izumi Shikibu, mid-Heian period Japanese poet
How to Open Doors
If you dedicate yourself to service, the doors will open.
– Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Alchemical Wisdom
Revealing Beauty
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Finding God
Whoever does not see God in every place does not see God in any place.
– Rabbi Elimelech
The Fragrance of the Rose
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
– Heda Bejar
Widen Your Consciousness
Widen your consciousness to the dimension of the earth and you will have a place for everything.
– Mira Alfassa
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