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“There never was a good war or bad peace.” Benjamin Franklin, September 11, 1773

“Go deeper.Past thoughts into silence.Past silence into stillness.Past stillness into the heart.Let love consume all that is left of you.” Kabir, Indian poet (1440 – 1518)

“No one leaves here alive. So please stop treating yourself as an afterthought. Eat delicious food. Walk in the sun. Jump into the sea. Speak the truth that you carry in your heart like a hidden treasure. Be silly. Be good. Be weird. There is no time for anything else.” Anthony Hopkins

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” Jean Shinoda Bolen

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies “Lord, the air smells good today,straight from the mysterieswithin the inner courts of God.A grace like new clothes thrownacross the garden, free medicine for everybody.The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise,the first blue violets kneeling.Whatever came from Being is caught up in being, drunkenlyforgetting theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 7th September”

“Perhaps one of the most profound expressions of nature is the simple equation E=mc2. Einstein’s calculation establishes that every mass contains a remarkable quantity of energy.Look around the common objects in your room. Every object – even a bookmark, a paperweight, or a pair of shoes – contains enough power within itself to light aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 6th September”

International Day of Charity “Can I see another’s woe,and not be in sorrow too?Can I see another’s grief,and not seek for kind relief?” William Blake (1757 – 1827), quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection

“”Human beings, vegetables, cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player.” Albert Einstein, interview Those who, like Einstein, come daily into contact with the physical laws that order the universe cannot help but catch the strains of that great dance in which we are all whirling.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 4th September”

“How significant that the rich, black mud of our dead stream produces the water lily– out of that fertile slime springs this spotless purity! It is remarkable that these flowers which are most emblematical of purity should grow in the mud.” From Henry David Thoreau’s Journal, 1853

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroysContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 2nd September”