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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination “I dream a world where manNo other man will scorn,Where love will bless the earthAnd peace its paths adornI dream a world where allWill know sweet freedom’s way,Where greed no longer saps the soulNor avarice blights our day.A world I dream where black or white,Whatever race youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 21st March”

Spring Equinox and International Day of Happiness “Spring! And Earth is like a childwho has learned many poems by heart.For the trouble of that long learningshe wins the prize. Her teacher was strict. We loved the whiteof the old man’s beard. Now we can ask herthe many names of green, of blue,and she knows them,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 20th March”

“When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You’re able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 19th March”

“Any act to change the world around us begins within us. It starts with a sense of agency, a sense that we have the power to effect change. The Latin root of the word “power” means “to be able.” When we feel helpless in the face of injustice, it is easy to give in toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 18th March”

“When I didn’t know myself,where were you?Like the colour in the gold,you were in me.I saw in you, lord white as jasmine,the paradox of your being in mewithout showing a limb. After my body became Yourself,whom could I serve?After my mind became Yourself,whom could I invoke?After my consciousness was lost in You,Whom could I know?BeingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 17th March”

“I have learned from long experience that there is nothing that is not marvellous, and the saying of Aristotle is true: that in every natural phenomena there is something wonderful – nay, in truth, many wonders. We are born and placed among wonders and surrounded by them, so that to whatever object the eye firstContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 16th March”

“Another often-asked question when I speak in public: “Do you have some good advice you might share with us?” Yes, I do. It comes from my savvy mother-in-law, advice she gave me on my wedding day. “In every good marriage,” she counseled, “it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.” I have followed that adviceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 15th March”

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning… The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. ItContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 14th March”

“Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.. For reason.. compares what we imagine with what we know, and gives us the answer in terms of the here and now, which we call the actual. But the actual.. does not mark the limit of theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 13th March”

“I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night. It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don’t worry. It’s all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We justContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 12th March”