The Messenger - Inspirational Quotes

Energy goes where attention flows. ––Shaman saying

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the
lamp because the dawn has come.
––Rabindranath Tagore

Nothing in life is to be feared,
it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
––Madame Marie Curie

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence.
The stars, the sun, the moon
move in silence.
Silence gives us a new perspective.
––Mother Teresa

In the end, what affects your life most deeply, are things
too simple to talk about.
––Nell Blaine, artist

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
-–Kahlil Gibran

The period of greatest gain
in knowledge and experience
is the most difficult period
in one’s life. Through a difficult period you can learn;
you can develop inner strength, determination, and courage
to face the problems.
––His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The breeze at dawn
has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask
for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back
and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
––Rumi

What about “observing one’s mind in tranquility?”
Silently and serenely one forgets all words;
Clearly and vividly That appears
When one realizes it, it is vast and without edges;
In its Essence, one is clearly aware.
Singularly reflecting is this bright awareness,
Full of wonder is this pure reflection.
Dew and moon, stars and streams, snow on pine trees,
And clouds hovering on the mountain peaks.
In this reflection all intentional efforts vanish.
Serenity is the final word of all the teachings;
Reflection is the response to all manifestations.
––Hung Chih of the Tsao Tung School
www.dailyzen.com/

Teach us reverence
for all creation,
for we’re walking
with roughshod boots
over everything in sight––
calling it progress...
We’ve not yet gotten the picture
that all things work together
for good,
from worms
that become butterflies,
plants that heal
and streams that quench.
Reconnect us to soil and sea
from whence we came
and will return;
remind us how earthy we are!
––Margaret Ann Huffman

A cloudless sky
has captured my heart
as I lie back in the tall grass.
I close my eyes
and dream of a time when peace
will not only be wished for,
but will exist. All things possible begin with a dream…

by Elise Leb

We must learn to reawaken and
keep ourselves awake, not by
mechanical aids, but by an
infinite expectation of the dawn.
––Henry David Thoreau

Tragedy and drama come and go like the wind. They will always be with us. Let us be like a great
oak tree, standing in the midst of the wind, rooted firmly in the earth––extending our limbs out and offering shelter to all who wish it.
––Stanley Peele April 12, ‘07

The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating.
The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of
making them changes both the maker and their destination.
––John Schaar

Lost by Bret Stephenson
There are places where things go when they’re lost.
Socks from the dryer, the $20 bill you’re sure you had yesterday.
The things you can’t seem to lose
End up in that junk drawer haunting you.
The worst, though, are those things that are so important
And precious that you put them in a special place,
And then you can’t recall where that place is.
I’m afraid I’ve done that with you.
© 1994 Brett Stephenson

Life is not
a Process of Discovery.
It is a Process of Creation.
We keep waiting for God
to tell us, show us --
and God keeps waiting for us
to tell HIM, show HER.
You see, We’re waiting for
the One Who Waits for Us.
Stop waiting.
And stop asking.
Start declaring.
Life is not a question.
Life is a declaration.
––Neal Donald Walsch

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Every man is tasked to make his life,
even in its details, worthy of the contemplation
of his most elevated and critical hour.”
––Thoureau

There is no enlightened people. There is only enlightened activity. ––Suzuki Roshi

Never let it be said,
“It’s only your imagination.”
In the saga of life,
your imagination is everything.
It is your creative faculty.
It has, quite simply, the power
and the potential
to change the world.
––Owen Waters

What you love to do the most
is the shortest distance
between where you are now
and your dreams.
-––Emmanuel (Pat Rodegast)