But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Still you are blest, compared with me!
In spiritual matters we remain beginners.
God, the very creative power at the center of the universe, is loving and caring like a truly devoted parent. This love is not one aspect of God…. but the very organizing reality at the heart of things. God is love.
You can't come to a new point of view until you realize what your brainwashing has been.
What meditation does mean is a way for us to unlock and open the door to the kingdom of heaven. Jesus began his ministry by proclaiming that this holy kingdom was within us and among us.
What we assume, what we have never clearly thought out, controls us.
The inner journey is as individual as our thumbprint. We need to guide others on their way and never impose our way upon them.
In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part.
There is no [. . . ] higher than the truth.
It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing.
I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself.