“What is true meditation?  Being awake and alive to this precious moment.”  Jeff Foster

“Nothing is under your control.  Everything is out of your hands now, as it always was.  So your hands are free to embrace whatever comes; moment by moment.  Out of your hands, into trust.”  Jeff Foster

“Self-focus leads to blindness; service to others leads to true vision”  Ken Gibson

“The words we use for the Creator are a reflection of ourselves.  If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of… But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.”  Shams Tabrizi

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”  Rumi

“If parts are always changing, the whole remains the same.  A dead good man is replaced by a good man; a dead bad man is replaced by a bad man.  While the whole remains the same, every day is different.”  Shams Tabrizi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.  Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”  Rumi

“From love the soul learns a thousand lessons that can never be learned in schools.”  Rumi

“I am happy tonight, united with the Friend.  Free from the pain of separation, I whirl and dance with the Beloved.  I tell my heart, “Do not worry, the key to the morning I’ve thrown away,””  Rumi

“Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you.”  Caroline Myss