“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.  That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business.  What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”  Thomas Merton

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.  Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”  Thomas Merton

“Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time.”  Thomas Merton

“You don’t always need a plan.  Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”  Mandy Hale

“Enlightenment, joy and peace can never be given to you by another.  The well is inside you.”  Rumi

“The lamps are different but the Light is the same.”  Rumi

“My soul is elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”  Rumi

“Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.”  Thich Nhat Hanh

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”  Emily Dickinson

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.  Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”  Albert Schweitzer