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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
Better to join in with humanity than to set ourselves apart.
With love in our hearts, there is nothing we cannot overcome.
Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.
We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally.
God cannot forgive a sinner who does not acknowledge his sin.
We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.
It is not our job to work miracles, but it is our task to try.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.
Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.
Be eager in your desires but humbly patient in their accomplishment.
Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.
Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.
May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.
Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.
Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God.
In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
To insist on living until we die may be one of life's greatest virtues.
We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.
To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.
Words themselves are neutral. It's the charge we add to them that matters
If anything diminishes a person, it is the cancer of constant complaining.
If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36)
To God, all things are present; there is no past or future - it is all now.
As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
The cross is a precious treasure to be kept secret, lest we be robbed of it.
All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.
From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form.
Jesus wants us to trust him to take care of all our yesterdays and tomorrows.
Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.
Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.
No one finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it.
O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!
If you're not a thorn in somebody's side, you aren't doing Christianity right.
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.