Therefore once for all this short command is given to you: "Love and do what you will." If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by…

I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness, the second is frugality; The third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before…

Where you stumble, there your treasure lies. Joseph Campbell

If you visit the Holy Land you will discover that shrines and churches are often built upon the ruins of ancient hallowed places.   So, too, the holy land of…

I will be truthful. I will suffer no injustice. I will be free from fear. I will not use force. I will be of good will to all. Mahatma Gandhi

Be a sweet melody in the great orchestration, instead of a discordant note. The medicine this sick world needs is love. Hatred must be replaced by love, and fear by…

God's blessings be yours, And well may it befall you; Christ's blessings be yours And well be you entreated; The Spirit's blessing be yours, And well spend you your lives;…

Nature has some perfections, to show us she is the image of God; and some imperfections to show us that she is only God's image... Blaise Pascal

Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the light. from Uncommon Gratitude by Joan Chittister

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with…

I'm thankful for a pair of shoes that feels really good on my feet; I like my shoes. I'm thankful for the birds; I feel like they're singing just for…

Seek peace, and pursue it. Psalm 34:14  

Grant me the ability to be alone; May it be my custom to go outdoors each day Among the trees and grasses, Among all growing things, And there I may…

There are two silences. One silence I choose to keep when I need to hear a word that will heal, instruct or console. The other silence comes when I have…

Hope is the realization of the inner connectedness of all things; of your life and your daily activity with the cosmic scheme of things. The awareness of who you are--that…