A generous heart will never care to go part way;
it won't be cowed if there is passage anywhere,
but set out on the hardest road;
nothing can cause it misery,
and with faith soaring like a cloud
it feeds on something I don't know
that one may come on randomly.

St John of the Cross

If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things, if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the kings? Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds? Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary? For each one of us, there is a desert to travel. A star to discover. And a being within ourselves to bring to life.

Author Unknown

It doesn't matter what we do
until we accept ourselves.
Once we accept ourselves,
it doesn't matter what we do.

Charly Heavenrich

… real love is born in relationships as a result of understanding what they are all about and doing what is necessary to have them.

Harville Hendrix

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Chinese Proverb

Persistent people begin their successes where others end in failure.

Napoleon Hill

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

Father Alfred D'Souza

It is only through love that you can return anyone to love. And if you do not have a way of returning them to love, they will always be a problem to your society.

Abraham-Hicks

Always at the commencement of work, that first innocence must be reachieved, you must return to that unsophisticated spot where the angel discovered you when he brought you the first blinding message … if the angel deigns to come it will be because you have convinced him, not with fears but with your humble resolve to be always beginning; to be a beginner!

Rainer Maria Rilke

We can look upon forgiveness as a journey across an imaginary bridge from a world where we are always recycling our anger to a place of peace. … Forgiveness is the way out of the darkness and into the light. … It allows us to escape the shadow of the past, whether the shadow is our own or another person's.

Gerald G Jampolsky, MD

‘This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.  To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance.  A lifetime is like a flash of lightening in the sky rushing by like a torrent down a steep mountain.  We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other; to meet, to love, to share.  This is a precious moment, but it is transient.  It is a little parenthesis in eternity.  If we share with caring, light-heartedness and love we will create abundance and joy for each other and then this moment will have been worthwhile.’

Gautama Buddha, the Founder of Buddhism

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Lao-tzu

Whatever thought has done in your life, it can be undone through a shift in your awareness.

The Secret

Do not seek perfection in a changing world.
Instead, perfect your love.

Sengstan

Peacefulness is giving up the love of power for the power of love.

The Virtues Project

Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still dark.

Old Scandinavian Saying