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“As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.’” Harper Lee, author of To Kill aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 11th July”

“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.” Nikola Tesla, born on this day in 1856

“The once-born are people who sail through life without experiencing anything that shatters or complicates their faith. They may have financial reverses, problems with their children, and so forth, but they always feel that a kindly God is controlling things. Twice-born souls, on the other hand, are people who lose their faith and then regainContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 9th July”

“Though you are wise, be as a fool;Though you can see, be as one blind;Though you can hear, be as one deaf;Patiently bear with all you meet,and politely talk to everyone.This practice surely will lead youto the realisation of the Truth. A thousand times my Guru I asked:How shall the Nameless be defined?I asked andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 8th July”

“This is the time of the great shaking. One of the terrible blessings of Kali Yuga is that what may be shaken falls away, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.Our personality is shaken. Our emotions, minds, and bodies are shaken. Now, thrown back into what is never shaken, we drink from the unquenchableContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 7th July”

“When all around us voices are raised in anger, hatred spilling into the streets and sparking more hatred, sometimes the best we can do is to sink our hands into the soil. Let the fights over abstractions ebb away, flow like water into the earth. Fill your fingers with dirt that is itself the productContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 6th July”

“I say to people that I’m not an optimist, because that, in a sense is something that depends on feelings more than the actual reality. We feel optimistic, or we feel pessimistic. Now, hope is different in that it is based not in the ephemerality of feelings but on the firm ground of conviction. IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 5th July”

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel prize in 1903, who died on this day in 1934

A Non-traditional Blessing by Sister Ruth Fox, OSB “May God bless you with discontent with easy answers, half-truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live from deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, abuse, and exploitation of people, so that you will work for justice, equality, and peace. MayContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 3rd July”

“The following story comes from the Talmud:Before we’re born, while in our mother’s womb, the Almighty sends an angel to sit beside us and teach us all the wisdom for living we’ll ever need to know. Then, just before we’re born, the angel taps us under the nose (forming the philtrum, the indentation that everyoneContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 2nd July”