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Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Humanitarian Attitude
"A man is ethical only when life is sacred to him, that of animals as well as that of his fellow man, and when he devotes himself helpfully to..."

Dr Albert Schweitzer: Physician, Missionary, Theologian and Nobel Laureate for Peace in 1952 more
The True Human
Can Tune to the Voice of the River
~ From the book, "Return of the Bird Tribes", by Ken Carey ~
The true human can tune to the voice of the river and give it expression. The true human can tune to the voice of the wind and speak the words that the wind cannot speak without a human tongue. more
Creative People: "... they are not really alive unless they are creating."
~ Pearl S. Buck ~
"They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating." more
"Virtues are the Glimmerings Within the Soul"
“The virtues are the glimmerings within the soul of the spiritual urgings to bring our life into harmony with the rhythms of the cosmos." ~ from The Power of Soul - Living the Twelve Virtues by Robert Sardello more
"Your Playing Small Doesn't Serve the World"
"You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world." (From A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson) more
Julia Cameron - "Our True Note"
"As we journey within to find our own voice, creativity both isolates and connects. Because of this we must find the courage to voice our True Note..." more
The Inspiration of Eileen Caddy
"That divine spark is within every heart but before the transformation can take place it has to be fanned..." more
Human Longing Makes Us Holy
~ John O'Donohue ~
"For too long, we have believed that the divine is outside us. This belief has strained our longing disastrously." more
We Are Divinity
"We contain the scripture. We contain Divinity. We are Divinity. We are the church, the synagogue, the ashram." more
Once the Soul Awakens
From "Anam Cara", by John O'Donohue
"From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment." more
Humor - from The Healing Runes by Ralph Blum and Susan Loughan
“Pushing yourself too hard? Doing too much for others? Break the pattern. Have a giggle. Lighten up. And always remember: Humor is the mildest detergent of them all.” more
The Most Beautiful Thing
~ Albert Einstein ~
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." more
Judge Every Person by His Merits
~ Rebbe Nachman of Breslov ~
"Know this: you should judge every person by his merits. Even someone who seems completely wicked, you must search for and find that little speck of good, for in that place he is not wicked." more
Let the Whole Thing Flower
~ Natalie Goldberg ~
"Let the whole thing flower: the poem and the person writing the poem. And let us always be kind in this world." more
Loving Our Fellow Men
~ Helen Keller ~
"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui." more
The Moment One Definitely Commits Oneself
Ben Cruachan in Scotland (Gaelic translation: Mountain of Peaks)
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too." (...from The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, by WH Murray) more
Response to the Beautiful
The heart actually beats differently in response to the beautiful than in response to the ugly or pernicious ... (from Rudolf Steiner's book, Mystery Knowledge and Mystery Centres) more
The Beauty of the Earth
(from Rachel Carson's book, The Sense of Wonder)
"Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties of the earth are never alone or weary in life... Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." more
Wild Flowers
Richard Jefferies, from his essay “Wild Flowers”
"If we had never before looked upon the earth, but suddenly came to it man or woman grown, set down in the midst of a summer mead, would it not seem to us a radiant vision?" more
"Spirit Is Already Within You ..."
From the book "How to Change Your Life" by Ernest Holmes
"Your outward search for God culminates in the greatest of all possible discoveries -- finding Him at the center of your own being. Life flows up from within you." more


     


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