Soul2Soul-Archive of Daily Inspirational Quotations

June 12, 2000

"The deepest secret in life, is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation, you are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew, seek therefore not to find out who you are, seek to determine who you want to be"

~From Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch

May 1, 2001

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; don't walk behind me, I may not lead; walk beside me, and just be my friend."

~Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

May 7, 2001

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

~Bertrand Russell

July 16th 2001

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."

~Kahlil Gibran

July 23. 2001

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~ Nelson Mandela quoting Marianne Williamson

July 30, 2001

"A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts, and feelings as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few people nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

~Albert Einstein

Aug 13, 2001

"As soon as you concern yourself with the "good" and "bad" of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you."

~Morihei Ueshiba (founder of Aikido)

Aug 20, 2001

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

~Helen Keller

Aug 27, 2001

"The difference between living a life of passion and adventure or living a life of pain and chaos... is in your perception."

~Harusami

Sept. 3, 2001

"When we do something out of great love rather than great expectation, more comes back to us than we could have ever imagined."

~Anonymous

Sept. 10, 2001

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life
is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing,
has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is free.

~Anonymous

Sept. 13, 2001

"A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts, and feelings as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few people nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

~Albert Einstein

Sept.17, 2001

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

~St. Francis of Assisi

Oct 1, 2001

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Oct 7, 2001

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love
harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

~Martin Luther King

Oct. 14, 2001

"Contemplate the workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as your base, open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you. Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from the holy books and wise people. Everything--even mountains, rivers, plants, and trees--should be your teacher."

~Morihei Ueshiba (founder of Aikido)

Oct. 22, 2001

“The heart is a precious thing, treat it with honor and respect, and it will believe in miracles. Bruise it, and extinguish its light. Yet, some heart-lights never go out; no matter how many times they are hurt, they keep coming back, never relinquishing their faith in the one heart that will recognize and honor in return. The coldness of solitude will draw you to the flame of love, though you fear being burned. Never put out a light that could warm your heart and light your darkness to help you find your way. If you find that light, embrace it and keep it burning; lest in your harried way of repairing your life you start a fire that extinguishes when all the kindling has been burned. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

~Albert Camus

Oct. 29, 2001

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

~Helen Keller

Nov. 5, 2001

In this world
Hate never dispelled hate.
Only love dispels hate.
This is the law,
Ancient and inexhaustible.
You too shall pass away.
Knowing this, how can you quarrel?

~The Buddha

Nov. 18, 2001

"We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love."

~Mother Theresa

Nov. 25, 2001

If, like the lotus flower, which grows out of muddy water but remains untouched by the mud, people engage in life without cherishing envy or hatred, and if they live in the world not a life of self but a life of truth, then surely joy, peace, and bliss will dwell in their minds.

~Ashvaghosha

December 17, 2001

"An intimate relationship does not banish loneliness. Only when we are comfortable with who we are can we truly function independently in a healthy way, can we truly function within a realtionship. Two halves do not make a whole when it comes to a healthy relationship: it take two wholes."

~Patricia Fry

December 24, 2001

"It is a heavenly love that is free from jealousy, rich and never harmful to the spirit. It is a deep affinity that bathes the soul in contentment; a deep hunger for affection which, when satisfied, fills the soul with bounty; a tenderness that creates hope without agitating the soul, changing earth to paradise and life to a sweet and beautiful dream."

~Khalil Gibran

Jan. 7, 2002

"It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in so doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility."

~Albert Einstein

"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you
want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not
even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little
luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up save in the casket or
coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless,
airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become
unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

"Being unconcerned with the future, accepting of the past, and content in the right now, is true happiness..."

"Look at everything as if you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory."

"We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love."

One thing at a time.That's all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace.
One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time.
One pleasure at a time.
Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time.
See how everything works out?

~Today's Meditation~
"Today, I peacefully approach one thing at a time. When in doubt, I will take first things first."
~ Melody Beattie ~ The Language of Letting Go

Healing Thoughts

Think healing thoughts.

When you feel anger or resentment, ask God to help you feel it, learn from it, and then release it. Ask Him to bless those who you feel anger toward.

Ask Him to bless you too.

When you feel fear, ask Him to take it from you. When you feel misery, force gratitude. When you feel deprived, know that there is enough.

When you feel ashamed, reassure yourself that who you are is okay. You are good enough.

When you doubt your timing or your present position in life, assure yourself that all is well; you are right where you're meant to be. Reassure yourself that others are too.

When you ponder the future, tell yourself that it will be good. When you look back at the past, relinquish regrets.
When you notice problems, affirm there will be a timely solution and a gift from the problem.

When you resist feelings or thoughts, practice acceptance. When you feel discomfort, know it will pass. When you identify a want or a need, tell yourself it will be met.

When you worry about those you love, ask God to protect and care for them. When you worry about yourself, ask Him to do the same.

When you think about others, think love. When you think about yourself, think love.

Then watch your thoughts transform reality.

~Today's Meditation~
"Today, I will think healing thoughts."
~ Melody Beattie ~ The Language of Letting Go

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

"A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, he is godlike."

"Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain."

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

"The most important human endeavor is striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life."

"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

"To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage."

"In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil."

"One of the most powerful teachings of the Buddhist tradition is that as long as you are wishing for things to change, they never will. As long as you're wanting yourself to get better, you won't. As long as you have an orientation toward the future, you can never just relax into what you already have or already are."

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

"There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life."

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."

" Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity."

"For one human being to love another:
that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks;
the ultimate, the last test and proof,
the work for which all other work is but preparation."

"Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky, Imagine all the people, living for today. Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too, Imagine all the people, living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, no need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people, sharing all the world. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one."

"There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer;
no disease that enough love will not heal;
no door that enough love will not open;
no gulf that enough love will not bridge;
no wall that enough love will not throw down;
no sin that enough love will not redeem...
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble;
how hopeless the outlook; how muddled the tangle; how great the mistake.
A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
If only you could love enough you would be
the happiest and most powerful being in the world..."

"Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity."

A man approached the gate of an unfamiliar city. As he reached the gate a magician standing there said "Wait! You shouldn't go in there without a weapon! Demons lurk there!"

The magician drew a sword from the sheath he held; as he drew it a frightful demon appeared, but the magician was able to kill it with the sword.

"Are you blind!?", said the magician, "Do you see the sword I drew killed the demon?"

"Are you blind?" the man responded, "Do you not see that the sword you drew created the demon?"

And he walked on into the city, armed only with the clarity of his mind and being.

"One should never count the years--one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I am glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in."

"You cannot be grateful and bitter.
You cannot be grateful and unhappy.
You cannot be grateful and without hope.
You cannot be grateful and unloving.
So just be grateful."

"Often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; my philosophy is kindness."

"If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater."

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."