2008 Wisdom Scrolls

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T her e a r e only t w o w a y s t oli ve y ou r l i f e . One is a s

t hou gh not hing i s a mi r a c le .T he ot her i s a s t hou gh

ever y t hing is a mi r a c le .

- - Alb er t E i ns t e in

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Fear is the cheapest

room in the house.I would like to see you living

in better conditions.

–Hafiz



Three things in human life

are important.

The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind.

And the third is to be kind.

--Henry James



"In nature there is a quieting human

cleverness. There's listening. And there'semulating what you hear. But there has to be

this fourth part. It is the part in which wesay thank you. It is the part in which weremember to be mannerly towards the rest of the natural world, to say thank you for the

ideas that they gifted us with."

--Janine Benyus



The t r ut h is t hat our f inest moment sar e most likely t o occur when we ar e

f eeling deeply uncomf or t able,

unhappy , or unf ulf illed. For it is only insuch moment s, pr opelled by our

discomf or t , t hat we ar e likely t o st ep

out of our r ut s and st ar t sear ching

f or dif f er ent ways or t r uer answer s.

- - M. Scot t Peck



Take the world

as it is,

not as it oughtto be.

-German Proverb-



The vision must be followed

by the venture.It is not enough to stareup the steps -- we must

step up the stairs.

Vance Havner



There are no strangershere; Only friends you

haven't yet met.

William Butler Yeats



I am my own experiment. I am my own

work of art. -Madonna Ciccone-



The most important work you and I

will ever do will be

within the wallsof our own homes.

-Harold B. Lee-



Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do — can love

things that no one else can love.We are like violins.We can be used for doorstops,

or we can make music.You know what to do.

~Barbara Sher~



Don’t try to figure out what

other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have

to say. It’s the one and onlything you have to offer.

Barbara Kingsolver



Do not take sides; if you take sides,you are trying to eliminate half of

reality, which is impossible.If we look deeply at the rose,

we see the garbage; if we look deeply at the garbage,

we see the rose.

Thich Nhat Hanh



They deem me madbecause I will not

sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad

because they think

my days have a price.

Khalil Gibran



As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, “Six only!” The bus stopped. He

counted out six passengers, rang the bell, and then,as the bus moved off, called to those left behind: “So sorry, plenty of room in my heart — but the

bus is full.” He left behind a row of smiling faces.It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it.

-Francis Gay-



There is a living to give instead of to get. As you concentrate on the

giving, you discover that just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without

receiving -- even the most wonderful things like health and happiness

and inner peace.

~Peace Pilgrim~



Help others

achieve their dreamsand you willachieve yours.

Les Brown



A rock pile

ceases to be a rock pile

the momenta single man

contemplates itas an image of a

cathedral.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery



You must give some time

to your fellow men.Even if it's a little thing,

do something for others,something for which you

get no pay but the

privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer



There is really nothing you must be.And there is nothing you must do.There is really nothing you must have.

And there is nothing you must know.There is really nothing you must become.However it helps to understand

that fire burns, and when it rains the earth gets wet.

~Japanese Zen Scroll~



If someone listens,or stretches out a hand,or whispers a kind word

of encouragement,or attempts to understand

a lonely person,EXTRAORDINARY things begin to happen.

-Loretta Girzatlis-



When you are inspired by some greatpurpose, some extraordinary project,

all your thoughts break their bounds.

Dormant forces, faculties and talents

become alive, and you discoveryourself to be a greater person by farthan you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Pantanjali



It is not because

things are difficult

that we do not DARE.It is because

we do not DARE that things are difficult.

Seneca



One's first step in wisdomis to QUESTION everything –

and one's last isto COME TO TERMS with

everything.

Georg C. Lichtenberg



There is a spark of good

in everybody,

no matter how deeplyit may be buried,

it is there.

It's waiting to govern

your life gloriously.

Peace Pilgrim



Give, give, give. What is the point of having experience,knowledge or talent

if I don't give it away? Of having stories

if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth

if I don't share it?

Isabel Allend e



We can't change the

cards we're dealt,just how

to PLAY the hand.

Randy Pausch



Every childis an artist.

The problem is

how to remain

an artist

once we grow up.

Picasso



Do not wait

f or ext r aor dinary

cir cumst ancest o do good act ion;

t r y t o useordinary sit uat ions.

Jean Paul Richt er



Everything

has beauty,but not everyone

sees it.

Confucius



Let us not lookback in anger, nor

forward in fear,but around in

awareness.

James Thurber



In this world it is not what we TAKE UP,

but what we GIVE UP,

that makes us rich.

=Henry Ward Beecher=



We cannot hold a torch

to light another's path

WITHOUT

brightening our own.

--Ben Sweetland--



What we SEEdepends mainly on

what we LOOK for.

John Lubbock



Feeling gratitude and not expressing it

is like

wrapping a gift and not giving it.



Every storm must begin witha single drop of rain. And soit is with every worthwhilemovement -- it begins withan idea that is too simple to

be taken seriously, and thencomes the storm.

-Marco Caceres-



Even after all this time,the sun never says to the

earth, "You owe Me."Look what happens

with a love like that.

It lights the Whole Sky.

Hafiz



You gottadance like nobody's watching,

dream like you’ll live forever,

live like you'LL die tomorrowand LOVElike it's never going to hurt.

--Meme Grifters

You cannot



You cannot

travel the path

until you have

BECOME

the path.

~Buddha

Happiness is when



Happiness is when

what you think,what you say,

and

what you doare in harmony.

GANDHI



As yo u simplif y yo ur lif e,

t he law o f t he univer sew ill be simpler .

- - Henr y David Tho r eau



T he f u nd a ment a l de lu s ion

of hu ma ni t y

is t o su p pose t ha tI a m her e

a ndy ou a r e OU T t her e.

- Ya su t a ni Roshi



The important thing is this:

To be able, at any moment,

to sacrifice what we are

for what we could become.

Charles Du Bois



Read man:

he is the living poem.

Vivekananda



Kindness in w or d s c r ea t esc onf id enc e.

Kindness in t h ink ing c r ea t esp r of ou nd nes s.

Kind ness in g iv ing c r ea t eslove.

- - La o T z u - -



Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything,

That's how the light gets in.

~Leonard Cohen



Find the seed at the bottom of

your heart

and bring forth a

flower

Shigenori Kameoka



Take the first step infaith. You don't have to see

the whole staircase, just

take the first step.

--Martin Luther King Jr.



Always the

beautiful answerwho asks a more

beautiful question.

e. e. Cummings



A hero is not

a special kind of person;every person is

a special kind of herowhen he or she is

without fear.

-Satish Kumar



Three keys tomore abundant living:

caring about others,daring for others,sharing with others.

~William A. Ward~



In silence there is

eloquence. Stop weavingand watch how the

pattern improves.

–Rumi



He who would

travel happily

must travel light.

- Antoine D’Exupery



Aerodynamically a bumblebee

shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know

that so it goes on flyinganyway. --Mary Kay Ash



Sometimes letting gois an act

of FAR greater powerthan defending or hanging on.

-Eckhart Tolle

BE. Don't try to become.



y

Within these two words,BE and BECOMING,

your whole life is

contained.Being is enlightenment,

becoming is ignorance.-Osho-



Freedom from the desire for ananswer is essential to the

understanding of a problem.

--J. Krishnamurti



For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the

most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and

proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

~Rainer Maria Rilke~

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