To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religion. Albert Einstein The Merging of Spirit and Science
"Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point, you could just contemplate the fact that there is a larger alternative to either of those, a more tender, shaky kind of place where you could live." Pema Chödrön
"You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you." Sarah Ban Breathnach Simple Abundance
"Extend the boundaries of the glowing kingdom of your love, gradually including your family, your neighbors, your community, your country, all countries -- all living sentient creatures." Paramahansa Yogananda
"Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe -a spirit vastly superior to that of man."
Let your thoughts be global. The entire globe has shrunk into a small village. In one day, you may be wearing a British shirt, French glasses, a Japanese watch. Then what country do you belong to? Sri Swami Satchidananda Via Integral Yoga Magazine & Gratefulness.org
"All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need be done." Meng Zi, c. 300 BCE
"OH, while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me shall ever take command of me." Walt Whitman
"I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks."