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Seeking Circles of Wisdom

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. – C.S. Lewis  

The Mark of Wisdom

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson  

The Kindness of the Rose

The highest form of wisdom is kindness. – The Talmud  

Fearing Death

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. – Buddha

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  

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

Breathless Beauty

There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful. – Howard Thurman

What is Faith?

Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts. – David Steindl-Rast

When Does God Die?

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond… Continue Reading “When Does God Die?”