«A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. » Author Unknown

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Previous quotes of the week

«Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie. » Robert Brault

«A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. » Douglas Pagels

«When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart» John Bunyan

«The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.» Elizabeth Foley

«All which is not concrete is metaphoric -- clearly, this involves the vast majority of our everyday experiences.» John Grinder

«There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.» Brooke Medicine Eagle

«And this above all unto thine own self be true and it shall follow as the day the night - thou can'st not then be false to any man.» - William Shakespeare

«He who makes no effort to grasp the Word of the Lord aright burdens himself with guilt!» Abd-ru-shin, «In the Light of Truth», Volume 1

«Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.» Mother Teresa

«We create our fate every day ... the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behaviour.» Henry Miller

«The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard..» Gaylord Nelson, former governor of Wisconsin, co-founder of Earth Day

«Pray for the Living Power which must flow through you if you would live. Everything comes out of this Power, that which is and is to be. It stirs in everything our eye can see, and also in that which is hidden from your sight. And on the power of the Light will your ascent depend, on it depends everything you need for living. But know that only if you are completely pure and open can you absorb it.» From Past Millennia

«Behind everything stands the Will of God, moving and sustaining! On this side, in the gross matter of this earth, we see everywhere only the ramifications, the final effects of the Eternal Will, Which finds expression in His immutable Laws.» Herbert Vollmann

«If your neighbour’s actions seem wrong to you, you are not to set yourselves up as his judge; for each passes judgement upon himself! Pay attention to yourselves, lest in the end you lack what is best: personal recognition!» From Past Millennia

«Love thy neighbour as thyself» Jesus of Nazareth

«Jesus, Whom you call the Christ, is the foundation stone on which our faith is based, a faith that is more glorious than anything of which men had known until then. It is free from dogmas and constraints; see to it that it remains so. Only when you keep the faith pure of human additions can it lead you in truth to God. Guard against every word that you would add or take away. May it burn in your souls, so that you find no peace until you have put it right again!» Past Eras Awaken-Volume III

«For my own part, I am apt to join in the opinion with those who believe that all the regions of Nature swarm with spirits, and that we have multitudes of spectators on all our actions when we think ourselves most alone.» Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

«Respect woman, she is the blossom of the thoughts of the Most High. As the leaves protect, nourish and shade the blossom, so protect woman.» (Past Eras Awaken-Volume II)

We can learn a lot from trees: they're always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward. ~Everett Mámor

«There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.» James Baldwin (1924-1987), African-American writer.

«Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.» Michael Leunig

«The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.» (Pierre de Coubertin)

«Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.» ~Cree Indian Proverb

«You cannot buy enthusiasm…You cannot buy loyalty…You cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds or souls. You must earn these.» (Unknown author)

«Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.» (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

«The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.» (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

«Giving is the secret elixir that gives life meaning» (Douglas M. Lawson – 1936- )

When we look for the best in others, we find the best in ourselves. (Unknown author)

The spirit of Christmas is always near; it shines like a beacon throughout the year. Don’t look for it in a store or high on a shelf, for sharing and giving are found in yourself. (Author unknown)

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
-Washington Irving (1783-1859)

«One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.»
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

«Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And do not pray when it rains if you do not pray when the sun shines.»
Satchel Paige – 1906-1982