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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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The Mark of Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Where Have You Come?
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher
So How Is Winter for You?
Everyone keeps asking – since I’ve moved from San Francisco to the Chicago area – how it’s going for me. How am I adjusting to winter in the midwest. Actually, I think that the snow is beautiful, and, really, it’s people that I miss.… Continue Reading “So How Is Winter for You?”
Wisdom of the Ages
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams
The Wisdom of Rachel Carson
One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” – Rachel Carson
The Wisdom of Kahil Gibran
In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – Kahil Gibran, The Prophet
The Wisdom of Henry David Thoreau
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Healing Light
How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened. Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky, Love Poems from God
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