“Whatever the limitations of the moment, may we learn how to live fully with what is.  Let’s be where we are, offer what we can, and take turns leaning into each other when we need a little help.”  Oriah Mountain Dreamer

“Awakening is not about closing our hearts, nor is it about passing off the suffering of our brothers and sisters as mere illusion.  We are all One, so we cannot deny any aspect of the whole.  Everything matters to the heart.”  Jeff Foster

“The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping stones.  Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.”  Enid Blyton

“The choices to love, to be happy, and to be vulnerable show much more of who I truly am than do my abilities to see anger, hatred and disgust.”  David Hemphill

“Two realities exist: darkness and Light.  We can be in one or the other.  But we tend to loiter in the gray areas.  When we do achieve a little Light in our lives, we tend to excuse the little of darkness we are still indulging.”  Yehuda Berg

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”  Mother Theresa

“Religion isn’t about believing things.  It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.”  Karen Armstrong

“Do not attach yourself to any particular creed exclusively, so that you may disbelieve all the rest; otherwise you will lose much good, nay; you will fail to recognize the real truth of the matter.  God, the omnipresent and omnipotent, is not limited by any one creed, for he says, ‘Wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah’ ”  Ibn al-Arabi;  Koran 2:109

“A mind full of worry has no room for hope.  A mind full of doubt has no room for confidence.  A mind full of gratitude sees no lack.  A mind full of curiosity, love, humor and goodness will always manage to deal with adversity as it comes but returns to the habit-formed state of peace.”  Doe Zantamata