Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. Sir Henry Royce English engineer and car designer   “In one of my earlier books, Sound Mind, Sound Body, I wanted to develop a model of health and the two extremes were Stephen Hawking, who is physically disabled but had a brilliant…

God is within us and we have the power to change our life by changing our thinking. Kathy Hearn, Science of Mind Minister “Twenty years ago, a friend of mine took me into a Science of Mind church in San Diego. I had not been in a church for thirty…

It doesn’t matter what happens, it only matters how we handle it. Merlene Tally “This is a quote by my mother and she certainly led her life like that. She was a single mom with six kids and worked two jobs. Even though she came home tired, she always had…

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said ‘In the coming world, they will not ask me: Why were you not Moses? They will ask me: ‘Why were you not Zusya?’ Story told by Martin Buber (1878-1965) Austrian-Israel philosopher of the great Hasidic Rabbi Zusya (1719-1800) early Hasidic luminary   “I love that quote…

There are no good artists, there are no bad artists. There are just those who really do it. College Art Teacher   “I think back to an art teacher I had when I was in college and I quote him often. He said to me one day, ‘Anodea, there are…

Form is not boundlessness. Boundlessness is not form. Form is boundlessness. Boundlessness is form. The Heart Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit the title of this sutra translates as “The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom”.   “These are lines from the Heart Sutra that sums up everything that I’m…

In a deeply tribal way, we love our monsters. E.O. Wilson, Ph.D. (1929-3031) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology. Author of many books including Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life   “This quote has always resonated with me because it makes…

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) Mythologist and author of Hero with a Thousand Faces   “This is my favorite quote because I understand that we all have a highest self, and throughout the course of our lives, we can have parts of…

I have found a way to live here, as part of nature, to live in my own time.  People are always living as if something better is about to happen…they are up in the head and don’t think to live their lives.    C.G. Jung spoken in an interview with…

Every day has a moment of eternity trying to reach you. William Blake “Imagine each day, despite the news on CNN, despite the devastation of storms, despite all the suffering in the world which we have to acknowledge as part of our witnessing of the world that every day has…