Photo credit: Josh Reynolds I have to admit that I was not familiar with the poems of Mary Oliver before this morning. I am currently reading the book, Falling-Upward: Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, by Richard Rohr, when I came across this quote that he had sited: Tell me, what is it youContinue reading “Five Quotes from Mary Oliver”
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Five Quotes from John Muir
Photo Credit: National Park Service John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” “God has cared forContinue reading “Five Quotes from John Muir”
Five Quotes from Frederick Buechner
(Carl) Frederick Buechner “What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time to time the secret of who we truly and fully are .Continue reading “Five Quotes from Frederick Buechner”
Five Quotes from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928 I posted the below quotes nearly two years ago. Often when I re-post quotes I will change them up a bit. But these move me still. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Continue reading “Five Quotes from Maya Angelou”
Five Quotes from Robert Zimmerman
Fifty years and two days ago Bob Dylan’s first LP was released. I find this amazing…five decades and he still influences new audiences. When that album came out I was not quite five months old, and some twenty years later I became a fan of his music. Now, after the span of more years myContinue reading “Five Quotes from Robert Zimmerman”
Five Quotes from Jack Kerouac
Image found here. Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969 I can say with all seriousness that the first time that I read On The Road, and later The Dharma Bums, it changed my life; changed my way of thinking. I was in college at the time (culinary school) and myContinue reading “Five Quotes from Jack Kerouac”
Five Quotes from Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) Click here for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. “Each person must live their life as a model for others.” “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be doneContinue reading “Five Quotes from Rosa Parks”
Five Quotes from W.E.B. Du Boise
To read more about W.E.B. Du Boise, click here; to read more about the Niagara Movement, click here. To read more in the Five Quotes series, click here. “One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember thatContinue reading “Five Quotes from W.E.B. Du Boise”
Five Quotes That Inspire Me
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein “A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.” —Thomas Merton “Non-violence beginsContinue reading “Five Quotes That Inspire Me”
Five Quotes from Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass February 1818 – February 20, 1895 “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” “It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We needContinue reading “Five Quotes from Frederick Douglass”
Five Quotes from Bob Marley
6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981 “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.None but ourselves can free our minds.” “Wake up and live” “I don’t stand for black man’s side, I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.” “Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?” “Who areContinue reading “Five Quotes from Bob Marley”
Five Quotes from Dorothy Day
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.” “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each oneContinue reading “Five Quotes from Dorothy Day”
Five Quotes from Thomas Merton
Monk, activist, writer, poet, and artist, Fr. Merton was a true renaissance man. He was friends with Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Dalai Lama, and a contemporary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Before his untimely death he penned a huge number of books pertaining to spirituality, poems, artwork, and an incredible and moving autobiography. HisContinue reading “Five Quotes from Thomas Merton”
Five Quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broaderContinue reading “Five Quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Five Quotes From Alice Paul
Alice Paul January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977 Feminist,Suffragist and Political Strategist Alice Paul was the architect of some of the most outstanding political achievements on behalf of women in the 20thcentury. Born on January 11, 1885 to Quaker parents in Mt. Laurel,New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her life to the single causeContinue reading “Five Quotes From Alice Paul”
Five Quotes from Jesus of Nazareth
This is another in the Five Quotes series on this blog, but I first have two preface the quotes with a couple comments. Firstly, I just wanted to say that I found the above photo at St. Francis Place. I chose the photo because I do believe that Jesus meditated (there are plenty of resourcesContinue reading “Five Quotes from Jesus of Nazareth”
Five Quotes about Bicycles
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man’s convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man’s brain that was entirely beneficialContinue reading “Five Quotes about Bicycles”
Five Quotes from Jiddu Krishnamurti
“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.” “In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody onContinue reading “Five Quotes from Jiddu Krishnamurti”
Five Quotes from Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” “Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” “Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul”Continue reading “Five Quotes from Mark Twain”
Five Quotes on Being Thankful
I find the above painting very moving. It is “The Thankful Poor” by Henry Ossawa Tanner. On this day, the American holiday of Thanksgiving, I think it is especially poignant…though most of us (especially myself) have more than they need–food, clothing, shelter, family, etc.–we still desire more, and sometimes we (again, I’m mostly speaking ofContinue reading “Five Quotes on Being Thankful”
Urban Simplicty 