'Be as kind to yourself ... as you would to anyone else who was trying to improve.'

April 5, 2010

“About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don't go by one text only.” – St. Teresa of Avila

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom." ~ Tao Te Ching

“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” – Oliver Wendall Holmes

“Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable.” - Starhawk

“Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.” – Hermann HesseHermann Hesse

“What we will accept as proof of something being true is an indication of how open we are to change.” – J.R. Madaus

“Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be a presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative silence blurs and confuses our identity, and we lapse into daydreams or diffuse anxieties. Positive silence pulls us together and makes us realize who we are, who we might be, and the distance between these two. Hence, positive silence implies a disciplined choice, and what Paul Tillich called the “courage to be.” In the long run, the discipline of creative silence demands a certain kind of faith. For when we come face to face with ourselves in the lonely ground of our own being, we confront many questions about the value of our existence, the reality of our commitments, the authenticity of our everyday lives.” –Thomas MertonThomas Merton

“Be as kind and encouraging to yourself as you would to anyone else who was trying to improve.” – Ernest Holmes

“The heart is a thousand-stringed instrument that can only be tuned with Love.” – Hafiz

“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.” – Natalie WoodNatalie Wood

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