Each of us is equipped to make a “come what may” commitment of unconditional surrender. What are we surrendering to? The divine impulse living right within the midst of our psychological fragility, personality quirks, and unresolved issues. …Michael Bernard Beckwith
When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages a sick sense of failure falls on me and I know I can never do it. This happens every time. Then gradually I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate and I eliminate the possibility of ever finishing. …John Steinbeck
Surrender is the bold stance of the spiritual warrior because what we are surrendering to is the next stage of our evolution. As we surrender our all, we create the inner spaciousness for Existence to be seen as it is, and ourselves to be seen as we are: radiant beings who are dynamic by design. …Michael Bernard Beckwith
What geniuses do is straightforward enough — they recognize their gifts, and then they fully and completely embrace their craft. This is the province of true creative genius, a place of no boundaries, no restraints, and no taboos. …Suzanne Falter-Barns
Today I remember joyfully that the truth is already within us and I have direct and easy access to it now. …Marsha Straubing
A compassionate city is an uncomfortable city! A city that is uncomfortable when anyone is homeless or hungry. Uncomfortable if every child isn’t loved and given rich opportunities to grow and thrive. Uncomfortable when any group anywhere in the world is marginalized or oppressed. Uncomfortable when as a community we don’t treat our neighbors as we would wish to be treated. ….Karen Armstrong
Often, we try to run away from feeling. And, as we avoid feeling—in a kind of “spiritual bypass”—we cannot plunge into oceanic Oneness. We get stuck between the surface and the deep and can’t touch the Divine Depths. What we really need to do is to feel so deeply that we reach the Universal. To know the wholeness that is beneath our experience of brokenness. To see the pearl caressing the grain of sand. …Jane Bolton
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. …Albert Einstein
You might be in casual conversation and people will tell you how bad life is. How it will be getting worse. And you will be standing and nodding in agreement, eventually wondering why your life is full of potholes and disappointments. …Nancy Zala
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. … Kahlil Gibran
When you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it frees up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have. When you make a difference with what you have, it expands. …Lynne Twist
When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing...you are doing what you were meant to be doing. …Gary Zukav
What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. … Theodore Roethke
The ordeals that seem to crucify us are not a sign that we're doing something wrong. They are an essential part of the spiritual path, and the only efficient response is a state of surrender. I find that, for me, the clearest, simplest and most effective prayer is simply "Show me the good!" …Evelyn Underhill
Know that your heart is a captive of a holy vision of that which is invisible. …Rev. Nancy Zala
What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play. …Julia Cameron
Dreams are like letters from God. Isn't it time you answered your mail? …Marie Louis von Franz
The greatest mistake you can make is to be afraid of making one. …Elbert Hubbard
