“A balanced inner calmness radiates from a peaceful centre. It neither craves others’ approval nor rejects others’ presence. It neither pulls towards nor pushes away. It has a reverent attitude towards life and all its inhabitants.” ― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion
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The only way to counteract chaos is stillness
“When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.” — Kristin Armstrong Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/chaos
The Other Side
“The other side of… pain is joy… control is freedom… sadness is happiness… chaos is calmness… individuality is community… hate is Love. Seek out balance whenever you can….” — Melchor Lim Read more: http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/The_other_side_of…_pain_is_joy…_control_is_freedom…_sadness_is_happiness…_chaos_is_calmness./560333/#ixzz5k8fFVUgm
Not the Answer
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” – Jim Carrey
Getting in Balance
“Getting in balance is not so much about adopting new strategies to change your behaviors, as it is about realigning yourself in all of your thoughts so as to create a balance between what you desire and how you conduct your life on a daily basis.” —Wayne Dyer
We are all children of God traveling on spaceship earth together
“The seven of us on board [the Space Shuttle] represented five different religions. But we were all agreed – it just doesn’t make sense how people on earth treat each other. It doesn’t make any difference what language we speak. It doesn’t make any difference what country we come from. It certainly doesn’t make anyContinue reading “We are all children of God traveling on spaceship earth together”
an inescapable network of mutuality
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am whatContinue reading “an inescapable network of mutuality”
The Challenge of Social Justice
“The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.” Marian Wright Edelman Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
We are a community
Each of us must rededicate ourselves to serving the common good. We are a community. Our individual Fates are linked; our futures intertwined; and if we act in that knowledge and in that spirit together, as the Bible says: “We can move mountains.” — Jimmy Carter
The Warmth of Community
“It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to…the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility…and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future.” — Robert F. Kennedy
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