If you want to win a good woman with

youthful talk, and you want to enjoy her-

make promises to her,

and keep your promises,

you will never regret winning such a prize.

-Hãvamãl

Love does not live on words, nor can it be explained by words.

This is especially true of that love that is in Jesus and comes from Jesus and finds Jesus- touches him, serves him, loves him,- in others.

- Mother Teresa

Whoever wants to be first of all has to be last of all- and everybody's servant.

- Jesus

But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

- Matthew VI

Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they repose in Thee.

-Saint Augustine

Once you forgive yourselves, the self-rejection in your mind is over.

Self-acceptance begins, and the self-love will grow so strong that you will finally accept yourself just the way you are.

That's the beginning of the free human.

Forgiveness is key.

- Miguel Ruiz

The key lies in Metanoia, that moment of grace when the truth about ourselves and God strikes us, piercing the heart and making a new life possible.

-Anonymous

Some come into the spiritual life because of suffering, some in order to understand life; Some come through a desire to achieve life’s purpose, and some come who are men and women of wisdom.

- Krishna

When we acknowledge shenpa, our natural intelligence guides us.

There is some wisdom that becomes accessible to us- wisdom based on compassion for ourselves and others, has nothing to do with ego’s fears.

It's the part of us that knows we can connect and live from our basic goodness, intelligence, openness and warmth.

-Pema Chödrön

I have been loved before, but you

can't tell when you first look at me

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most people don't like to talk

about the times that they've lost

but you're my favorite story to tell at parties

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if you asked me to describe the color hazel

I would say it looks a lot like

being left without an explanation

it was the middle of the right night

when you put my hands to my sides

and told me I should stop breaking mirrors

and start practicing forgiveness.

-s. stepp

The Lame Goat

You've seen a herd of goats going down to the water.

The lame and dreary goat brings up the rear.

There are worried faces about that one, but now they're laughing,

because look, as they return, that goat is leading.

There are many different kinds of knowing.

The lame goat’s kind is a branch

that traces back to the root of presence.

Learn from the lame goat,

and lead the herd home.

-Rumi

I never longed for the wilder side of life

Rivers and mountains were my friends

Clouds consumed my shadow where I roamed

and birds pass high above my resting place

Straw sandals in snowy villages,

a walking stick in spring

I saw a timeless truth: the flower’s glory

is just another form of dust

-Ryõkan

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