We want to be connected

February 29th, 2012 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes, Spirituality

“We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love, to be at one.
When you love someone you want to say I need you, I take refuge in you.
You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your well-being.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, peace activist and scholar.

Avoiding pain

March 19th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes, Thoughts

Avoiding pain is not the same intention as choosing pleasure.

~ Unknown

Be awake

March 14th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes, Spirituality

“There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.”

~Buddha

Independence or obeying

March 10th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes

“The truth is, most people don’t want to have to think. They elect leaders, they support governments requiring no independent thought.
If all you are doing is following someone else’s rules, then you have not grown, you have obeyed.”

~ Neale Donald Walsh

Fountain playing in the sun

March 9th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes

“The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun
and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.”

~ Sigmund Freud

Past, present, future

March 4th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes, Spirituality

“Only when I get out of my past and stay away from my future can I genuinely experience what’s happening right here, right now, within the context of what’s actually occurring in the present moment.”

~ Neale Donald Walsh

Neale Donald Walsh is a spiritual teacher and the author of the famous book series Conversation with God.

Oscar Wilde on youth

March 2nd, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”

~ Oscar Wilde

The Irish poet and writer Oscar Wilde lived between 1854 and 1900, and became one of London’s most popular play writers.

Go forward with courage

February 28th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes, Spirituality

“When you are in doubt, be still, and wait. When doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still.
Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists – as it surely will. Then act with courage.”

~ Ponca Chief White Eagle

Heaven is a moment

February 27th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes

“Heaven is not a place you go when you die, it’s that moment in life when you actually feel alive.”

~ Unknown

Women and history

February 27th, 2011 , 0 comments, Posted in Quotes

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”

~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, born 1938,  is an historian with an innovative and influential view on history. She is the author of the book with the same name as the quote.