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More on Beauty
Somewhere between 551 and 491 BCE, Confucius observed the same thing that we might say today: Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius
Wisdom of Kahil Gibran
Here is another author that I read in high school; The Prophet was quite popular those days. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. – Kahil Gibran
May Hatred Be Transformed by Beauty
May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers. – Shantideva, 8th century Buddhist teacher
Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. – Richard P. Feynman
Greeting the Morning, Come what May
There will be something, anguish or elation, that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep and say: Hail to the morning! Come down to me, my beautiful unknown. – Jessica Powers
God’s Handwriting
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. –… Continue Reading “God’s Handwriting”
The Wisdom of Heschel
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can offer in… Continue Reading “The Wisdom of Heschel”
Wisdom of George Bernard Shaw
Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world. – George Bernard Shaw
Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?
It could be that God has not absconded but spread, as our vision and understanding of the universe have spread, to a fabric of spirit and sense so grand and subtle, so powerful in a new way, that we can only feel blindly of… Continue Reading “Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?”
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