Vision and Method
“The Magic Of Believing” (Claude M. Bristol)
“The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.”
–Claude M. Bristol (American Writer, 1891-1951)
Wind of the Spirit
“The great sages and seers, the masters of wisdom and compassion, belong to no race, and especially to no creed. They are the children of the spirit, whose familiar thought is truth itself; and hence their sympathies are universal. They need no frontiers of race, of caste, of creed, of color. They are truth-seekers, truth-teachers…. For truth has no age. It never was born, it never has not been. It is timeless because universal. Its appeal is to the hearts and minds of all.”
–Gottfried de Purucker (American Writer, Philosopher, Lecturer, and, from 1929-1942, Leader of the Theosophical Society, 1874-1942)
Causes of Fatigue
“One of the chief causes of fatigue is boredom. Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting.”
–Dale Carnegie (American Educator and Author, 1888-1955)
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)
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)
Walking in the Clouds
“When I do not walk in the clouds I walk as though I were lost.”
–Antonio Porchia (Italian-born Argentinean Poet, 1886-1968)
Striving After Perfection
“Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization.”
–Mahatma Gandhi (Indian Nationalist and World Teacher, 1869-1948)
Meaning and Resilience
“If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So, if therapists wish to foster their patients’ mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one’s life.”
–Viktor E. Frankl (Austrian Psychiatrist, 1905-1997)
How Wise People Learn!
“Wise men learn by others’ harms; fools by their own.”
–Benjamin Franklin (American Author, Inventor and Diplomat, 1706-1790)
Everything Is A Miracle
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
–Albert Einstein (German-born American Physicist and, in 1921, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1879-1955)
