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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Develop the Capacity to Appreciate
Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.
– Abraham H. Maslow
The Closeness of God
Will you ever understand how near God is to you?
Lalla, fourteenth century C.E.
Helen Keller’s Words of Wisdom
So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
– Helen Keller
Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
Truly, Earth is our family, and we need to help her to flourish as much as diligently as we prepare our children for the future.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
– Native American Proverb
Finding a Way to Peace
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.
– A.J. Muste
To See Afresh
The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.
– Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad
Wisdom from Galileo
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
– Galileo Galilei
Where, O Where, Shall We Find God?
Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God.
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning from Aurora Leigh
How Does Silence Play a Part in Your Life?
The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.
– Mother Teresa
An Important Word from Einstein
Never lose a holy curiosity.
-Albert Einstein
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