Tag: ralph waldo emerson

Nature’s Repair

“There I feel that nothing can befall me in life – no disgrace, no calamity (leaving  me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page

The Pace of Nature

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Join us for a silent retreat in the Dominican Tradition from August 2-7, 2002 . . . “Abiding in the Tent of Meeting>” To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina… Continue Reading “The Pace of Nature”

Our Sparkling World

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Mark of Wisdom

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

Wisdom in the Common

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

The Mark of Wisdom

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

Where Does Wisdom Lead?

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

What Is God Saying?

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting. – Ralph Waldo Emerson During this season of Lent, let us be attentive to the love letters that God is writing to us.

The Rose Just Is

These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones. They are what they are; they exist with God today. There is not time to them. There is simply the rose. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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”