The bird lies still while the light goes on flying. – W. S. Merwin, Poet from the poem Unknown Age  “For me this is the essence of a deep truth about why we’re here and how the universe works. While the body dies, the bird lies still. The light, which…

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu. The opening lines from Chapter One “This is one of my favorite quotes of all time and has lived with me ever…

Find something you like to do. Learn to do it well. And do it in the service of the people.                                                            …

Everything has its time, progresses on to fulfillment and will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it. It will surely come. It will not be one day late. Old Testament of the Bible from the Second Chapter of the Book of Habakkuk “This is a quote from a pretty…

It is wise to seek immortality because time defeats all other conditions. Vernon Howard (1918-1992) Spiritual Teacher and author of The Power of Your Supermind   “I had the good fortune of living with and studying with Vernon Howard. He was a master and a man of impeccable character. At…

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief, do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now, you are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. The Talmud “This quote from the Talmud was shared with me by my uncle.…

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything we talk about, everything we regard as existing, postulates consciousness. Max Planck, Ph.D., Nobel Prize winning physicist   “When I first became aware of this quote that Planck spoke in 1931, I…

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and, behold, service was joy.  Rabindranath Tagore   “I love this quote and I put it in my book because I feel like each of us has a higher purpose. We each…

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do and I will not forsake them.…

Love everybody, and everything, all of the time. Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. pioneer researcher in parapsychology “This is a quote that I derived from the experiences of people who have had near death encounters and have come back to report on what the afterlife is all about. They tell me consistently…