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"With every rising sun, think of your life as just begun."
— ~anonymous~  

Submitted by: aok, , 7 May 08

"When love is manifested and precipitated down, accepted and expressed, there is no more to be done."
— John Roger   from Timeless Wisdom, Vol. 1, p.4

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, 27 Apr 08

"Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart."
— George Herbert  

Submitted by: aok, new england, 21 Apr 08

"With length of days I will reward you. With Heavenly care I will enfold you. Angela, go forth as one, I am with you. I love you"
— Angela Minton   from My Own Life

Submitted by: A. Minton, Wairarapa. New Zealand, 17 Apr 08

"Hear the sweet song of a single bird, a voice in the darkness. Hear the gentle rustle of the wind through the trees, breath from Heaven. Hear the distant sound of busy traffic, commerce and buisiness working as one, fears of irreversible exhaustion. Hear the complete sound of silence, its soothing all enveloping balm, be still, be at rest. Feel the rythmic beat of your loving heart, all is well Angela, I am with you."
— Angela Minton   from From my own life

Submitted by: A. Minton, Wairarapa. New Zealand, 17 Apr 08

"Source of all that is pure and gentle, remain in me. Source of all that is within me, encourage me. Source of all that is in Heaven and on earth, guide me. Source of all Light, Love and Life, sustain me through this unknown journey to recovery. Amen"
— Angela Minton   from My Own Life

Submitted by: A. Minton, Wairarapa. New Zealand, 17 Apr 08

"Men desperately want peace, but the peace of God is not absence from tension or turmoil, but peace in the midst of tension and turmoil."
— Billy Graham   from spiritual writings

Submitted by: Ann K., north country, 8 Apr 08

"Doing good is the greatest happiness. ~ Chinese proverb"
— ~ chinese proverb  

Submitted by: aok, new england, 1 Apr 08

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. ~ Raymond Lindquist"
— Raymond Lindquist  

Submitted by: aok, new england, 27 Mar 08

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
— Carl Jung   from -

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metor-Manila, Philippines, 27 Mar 08

"God loves me for He don´t let me to have money.He keeps my way out of immorality.Only God knows the reality for money leads us to evil way."
— Marjorie Lawas Lillemark   from My Heart

Submitted by: lillemarkm, Norway, 25 Mar 08

"Live each day as it will be your last!"
  

Submitted by: Eunice, Alton, NH, 23 Mar 08

"Health is the greatest gift, Happiness is the greatest wealth, Faithful is the greatest relative, Enlightenment is the ultimate bliss !"
— Buddha  

Submitted by: Dan, New York, 8 Mar 08

"Being content with what you have is priceless !"
— Buddha  

Submitted by: Dan, New york, 8 Mar 08

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— kesfw urlxsam   from kesfw urlxsam

Submitted by: kesfw urlxsam, USA, 8 Mar 08

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Submitted by: ciep rtjqelvm, USA, 8 Mar 08

"always keep yourself surrounded with peolple who reflect the good things of u !"
— me   from nabla

Submitted by: ado, lebanon, 4 Mar 08

"the need to remind ourselves that we exist and have some meaning beyond our own shadow is one of the deepest of all human instincts."
— unknown   from victoria publication

Submitted by: sak, north country, 28 Feb 08

"Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace."
— Thomas Merton   from Thoughts in Solitude

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, 20 Feb 08

".......To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent And being silent And waiting until God is heard."
— Kierkegaard  

Submitted by: , , 17 Feb 08

"That which you fear the most is a clear indication of your next step."
— unknown   from read it long ago

Submitted by: annette r, tennessee, 12 Feb 08

"Without humor, life is a walk, not a joyride."
— Beth M. Cohen   from Beth M. Cohen

Submitted by: Beth M. Cohen, Wiilow Grove, PA, 11 Feb 08

"I live for the great day that will come, and the light that will fill the world"
   from inuit poem

Submitted by: sws, us, 2 Feb 08

"Keep your head and your heart in the right direction and you´ll never have to worry about your feet."
— Unknown   from www.2u.ie

Submitted by: Hel, Europe, 25 Jan 08

"If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got."
  

Submitted by: TW, Australia, 25 Jan 08

"Sometimes you never see the fruits of your labors, but they are there, deep inside of the soul of the one you touched."
— Dan Kelly   from A Spoonful of Sugar for Teachers

Submitted by: HJJ, Austria, 24 Jan 08

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
— ee cummings  

Submitted by: aok, new england, 17 Jan 08

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.""
— Ralph Waldo Emerson  

Submitted by: aok, new england, 17 Jan 08

"God is never in a hurry but He is always on time."
— Unknown   from Unknown

Submitted by: e.p.v., San Fernando City, La Union, 16 Jan 08

"We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom."
— Dwight Eisenhower   from an ad at the animal rescue site

Submitted by: ak, new england, 15 Jan 08

"God gives every bird his worm but He does not throw it into the nest."
— Swedish proverb   from unknown

Submitted by: ann k., mn, 14 Jan 08

"The friendships we develop determine the quality of our own souls."
— Joan Chittister, OSB   from unknown

Submitted by: Liz Stewart, Santa Cruz CA, 4 Jan 08

"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and with a manly heart."
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, 2 Jan 08

"Open your heart and you will never face closed doors"
  

Submitted by: Erica, Nigeria, 2 Jan 08

"Be guided by the innocence within your soul to embrace the song within your heart."
— Norma J   from Within the eyes of a child

Submitted by: Norma J, Grand Rapids, MI USA, 25 Dec 07

"All things work together for good to those who love God & are called according to His purpose."
— the apostle Paul   from the Holy Bible

Submitted by: c, usa, 25 Dec 07

"If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a hyacinth to feed your soul."
— anonymous   from old Persian saying

Submitted by: S.A. K., Minnesota, 23 Dec 07

""Some days I go about in great pity for myself, when all the while, a great wind is bearing me across the sky." - Ojibwa tribe"
   from web

Submitted by: rln, Oklahoma, 22 Dec 07

"By reaching out to the suffering. . . we come in touch with the source of joy, precisely because joy is not the opposite of suffering, but hidden in the very center of it."
— Henri J. M. Nouwen   from unknown

Submitted by: Liz Stewart, Santa Cruz CA, 19 Dec 07

"We dream of doing great things, when all the time we are called to brighten one little spot."
— Unknown   from www.2u.ie

Submitted by: HJJ, Austria, 15 Dec 07

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
— Winston Churchill   from A Spoonful of Sugar for Teachers

Submitted by: Juliana, Austria, 12 Dec 07

"It's the thought that counts."
  

Submitted by: , usa, 9 Dec 07

"Whenever you make a mistake or get knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when they happen are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come."
— Og Mandino  

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, 3 Dec 07

"i am against war, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes."
— thomas merton  

Submitted by: , , 2 Dec 07

"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself."
— Emerson   from Word for the Day, 9/29

Submitted by: , usa, 27 Nov 07

"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."
— Mary Baker Eddy   from Science and Healh

Submitted by: Liz Stewart, Santa Cruz CA, 22 Nov 07

"Be the change you want to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi   from reading

Submitted by: dml, Minnesota, USA, 20 Nov 07

"Peace within - peace in the world."
— Thich Nat Hanh   from poster

Submitted by: dml, Minnesota, USA, 20 Nov 07

"If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   from -

Submitted by: Angie M. Mactal, Ugong, Pasig City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, 19 Nov 07

""Going home" is a journey to the heart of who we are, a place where we can be ourselves and welcome the reality of our beauty and our pain. From this acceptance of ourselves, we can accept others as they are and we can see our common humanity."
— Jean Vanier   from Our Journey Home

Submitted by: Liz Stewart, Santa Cruz CA, 12 Nov 07

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