Take A Chance!
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”
–Dale Carnegie (American Educator and Author, 1888-1955)
Controlling What Happens Inside Us
“While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.”
–Benjamin Franklin (American Author, Inventor and Diplomat, 1706-1790)
Medicine: Quo Vadis?
“We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.”
–Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Swiss-born American Psychologist, 1926-2004)
Renewing Yourself
“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.”
–Pearl S. Buck (a.k.a. “John Sedges,” a.k.a. Sai Zhenzhu, American Missionary in China, Author and, in 1938, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1892-1973)
Virtue
“The Master Said, “The man of virtue makes the difficult to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration, this may be called perfect virtue.”
–Confucius (Chinese Philosopher, 551-479 B.C.)
The Light Remains
“Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.”
–Saint Augustine of Hippo (Numidian-born Theologian, A.D.354-430)
The Web of Life
“The ‘web of life’ is, of course, an ancient idea, which has been used by poets, philosophers, and mystics throughout the ages to convey their sense of the interwovenness and interdependence of all phenomena.”
–Fritjof Capra (Austrian-born American Physicist, Futurist and Writer, 1939-)
The Web of Life, A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
Universal Law
“The Universe Law is impartial. It will give you anything you believe. It will throw you garbage or roses depending on the energy you put in. You are the one in charge, and you must accept that and stand alone. If you think God is coming down to fix things for you, forget it. God is out playing golf.”
-Stuart Wilde (English-born Author, Lecturer and Humorist 1946-)
Life Is One
“Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which leads to the end of the illusion of separation, which enables man to see, as a fact as clear as sunlight, that all mankind, and all other forms in manifestation, are one unit, the infinitely variable appearance of an indivisible Whole.”
–Christmas Humphreys (English Judge, Author and Buddhist Philosopher, 1901-1983)
Rewards For Giving
“Blessed are they who give without expecting even thanks in return, for they shall be abundantly rewarded.”
–“Peace Pilgrim” (a.k.a. Mildred Norman, American Peace Activist, 1908-1981)
