Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Unknown

Be kinder than necessary
because everyone you meet is fighting
some kind of battle.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

We must make the choices that enable us

to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty
and capabilities of a soul; however keen
our intellects may be, they are as unable
to comprehend them as to comprehend God,
for, as He has told us, He created us 
in His own image and likeness.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Rumi (1207-1273)

Come, come whoever you are, wanderer,
worshipper, lover of leaving
–it doesn't matter
Ours is not a caravan of despair
Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times
Come, come again

Monday, August 11, 2008

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.
It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest
might weaken and the wisest might err.


Sunday, August 10, 2008

Matthew 6:27-29

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you
that even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Happiness is not a matter of intensity
but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.