Train Your Intuition
“You must train your intuition – you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.”
–Ingrid Bergman (Swedish Actress, and Winner of Academy Awards in 1944, 1956 and 1974, 1915-1982)
The World As An Organization
“We are seeking another basic outlook: the world as an organization. This would profoundly change the categories of our thinking and influence our practical attitudes. We must envision the biosphere as a whole with mutually reinforcing or mutually destructive interdependencies.”
–Ludwig von Bertalanffy (Austrian-born American Biologist and a Founder of General Systems Theory, 1901-1972)
Irritability
“Irritability is immaturity of character. If you are subject to being cross and unpleasant with others for no apparent reason, you need to come face-to-face with the fact that you are thinking too much of yourself. After all, your feelings are not the most important thing in this world.”
–Lawrence G. Lovasik (American Roman Catholic Priest and Writer, 1913-1986)
Energy of Inspiration
“Inspiration is the richest nation I know, the most powerful on earth. Sexual energy Freud calls it; the capital of desire I call it; it pays for both mental and physical expenditure.”
–Sylvia Ashton-Warner (New Zealand-born British Writer and Educator, 1905-1984)
Creative Inspiration
“Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconciousness––I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness..”
–Aaron Copland (American Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer, 1900-1990)
Becoming Transformed
“Truly the soul’s being united with and transformed into Him is like fire consuming the dampness in logs. Once the logs are heated through and through, the fire burns and changes them into itself, giving them its own color and warmth and power.”
–Saint Catherine of Siena (Italian Religious Leader, Mystic and Diplomat, 1347-1380)
A Store of Goodly Thoughts
“We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from which, at various times, and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances, we might be sure of drawing some comfort, guidance and sympathy.”
–Sir Arthur Helps (English Writer and Clerk of the British Privy Council, 1813-1875)
Participating In Change
“In a time which ends and cancels recorded history, there is no need to prove anything, only to participate in the changing of the vibration of the globe itself. To be a part of this is to be on the side of all that is true and good and beautiful. Therefore, one should have the courage to eliminate with ease whatever is inconsistent with the golden light of the future.”
–Sri Raghavan Iyer (Indian-born Prodigy, Rhodes Scholar, Academic, Philosopher, Theosophist, and, from 1965-1986, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Father of Pico Iyer, 1930-1995)
Gentle Political Humor…
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it.”
–Clarence Seward Darrow (American Writer and Lawyer, 1857-1938)
Meditating On Good Thoughts
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
–Confucius (Chinese Philosopher, 551-479 B.C.)
