“Preach the Gospel at all times. Where necessary, use words” These particular words are attributed to Francis of Assisi, though it is fairly certain he did not say them, exactly. But never mind that detail. Here is the theme for Christians, as I understand it: Step 1. Live as your faith […]
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No “yes.” Either “HELL YEAH!” or “no.” Derek Sivers, in Anything You Want Derek Sivers created CDBaby as a hobby then sold it, ten years later, for $22 million. He gave all the money to a trust for music education. Read what he learned along the way in Anything You […]
“I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women to equality with men. Work and worship are one with me.” — Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Susan B. Anthony had a clear gift of vocation. Do we know […]
A drunken man who falls out of a cart, though he may suffer, does not die. His bones are the same as other people’s; but he meets his accident in a different way. His spirit is in a condition of security. He is not conscious of riding in the cart; […]
Zen holds that there is no god outside the universe who has created it and has created man. God–if I may borrow that words for a moment–the universe, and man are one indissoluble existence, one total whole. Only THIS–capital THIS–is. — Nancy Wilson Ross from Zen to Go, Jon Winokur, ed., […]
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature — Frank Lloyd Wright My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing — Aldous Huxley from Zen to Go, Jon Winokur, ed., New American Library, 1989.
Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. — Swami Sivananda Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, wither thou goest. — Ecclesiastes, […]