Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

This is love: 

To fly toward a secret sky.

To cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. 

First to let go of life. 

Finally, to take a step without feet.

Christina G. Rossetti

“Love came down at Christmas; 

love all lovely, love divine; 

love was born at Christmas, 

stars and angels gave the sign.”

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"Love alone

can unite living beings

so as to complete and fulfill them,

for it alone joins them

by what is deepest in themselves."

-- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Dante

The love of God, unutterable and perfect 
Flows into a pure soul 

The way that light rushes into a transparent object.

The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself
So that as we grow clear and open,
The more complete the joy of heaven is.

And the more souls that resonate together,

The greater the intensity of their love

And, mirror like, each soul reflects the other.

-- Dante

Marcus Aurelius

" When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, 

revert at once to yourself, 

and don't loose the rhythm more than you can help.

You'll have a better grasp of the harmony 

if you keep on going back to it."

-- Marcus Aurelius

Rodney Collin

Sometimes, by letting go.

we allow some grace to enter

by another channel,

which all our mental efforts

have hitherto kept out.

Stillness is a quality of the heart.

We must not expect to find it

among the doubts of the mind.

It is the mind which must make way for it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; 
what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Marsilio Ficino

"These celestial bodies are not to be sought by us

 outside in some other place;

 for the heavens in their entirety are within us,

 in whom the light of life

 and the origin of heaven dwell."


-- Marsilio Ficino

Rumi

"Open a window towards God and breathe.

Delight yourself

with what comes through that opening.

The work of love is to create a window in the heart,

for the breast is illuminated

by the beauty of the Beloved."

Leonardo da Vinci

"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards,

for there you have been and there you will long to return."

Hafez

WE HAVE NOT COME TO TAKE PRISONERS

We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.

We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.

We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."

For we have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,

But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and Light!

William Blake

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, 

every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.

For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things 

thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do not go where the path may lead,

 go instead where there is no path

 and leave a trail."

Mervyn Brady

"When a man awakens, that man speaks with a changed tone.

He does not talk with men with a thought to their opinions, but his speech becomes plain and true.

He would treat all men as the Gods would,

Accepting without any admiration or judgement, the creature which hides them.

He will leave you wiser. He makes you feel that sincerity is more excellent than flattery.

The simplest person who genuinely seeks God becomes God."

Happy Mothers' Day

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.  

They have clung to me all my life.  

~Abraham Lincoln

Mother Theresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical, 

and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, 

ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends

 and some true enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.