Inspiring Quotes

“We receive fragments of holiness,
glimpses of eternity, brief moments of insight.
Let us gather them up for the precious gifts that they are and,
renewed by their grace, move boldly into the unknown.”

“Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
Let all that you do be done in love.”

“There is a solitary brightness without fixed shape or form
It knows how to listen.
It knows how to understand.
It knows how to teach.
That solitary brightness is you.”

“Wisdom does not come overnight.”

“It is not the number of days we live
Or even the number of years,
For life is given to every one
It is free - though fraught with tears.

It is what one does with this gift of life -
It is how and not how long-
For life is forever, your chance just now
Is to make of it strife or a song.

So don’t count the hours
Or even the days
Or look for a name or a sign
It’s only your thoughts and your deed
And your loves
That will give you true measure of time.

For it’s not the number of days or years
It isn’t the fame or wealth -
It’s the way we’ve had the gift of life,
It’s the oneness of God with self.”

“Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”

“My heart is moved by all I cannot save:
so much has been destroyed
I have to cast my lot with those
who, age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world.”

“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

“I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you clothed me.”

“Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.”

“You may be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”

“There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.”

“For you created my inmost being,
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”