I did not know what to say, 

my mouth had no way

with names

my eyes were blind,

and something started in my soul,

fever or forgotten wings,

and I made my own way,

deciphering that fire

and I wrote the first faint line,

faint, without substance, 

pure nonsense,

pure wisdom

of someone who knows nothing,

and suddenly I saw

the heavens

unfastened

and open...

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Chilean Writer and Politician, from the poem NGC 602 and Beyond  

Within us lives a timeless Self that cannot forget what is right, bright, and true any more than the sun has to try to remember to shine each day.

Guy Finley, Personal Growth and Development Leader, Author

Real thinking is inspiration, not regorgitating the ideas of yesterday.

Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder and Spiritual DirectorAgape International Spiritual Center

Truth is a pathless land... Man cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.

Krishnamurti (1895–1986), Indian Philosopher

Knowing the truth is fairly useless.

Feeling it is profound.

Living it makes all the difference.

David Deida, Author and Spiritual Teacher 

Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Rights of Man, 1791  

FEAR is greater disability than being in the wheelchair. F-E-A-R = F-alse E-vidence A-ppearing R-eal!

Nick Vujicic, Inspirational Speaker born without limbs and with a supposedly 'incurrable' spinal disease, now healed

Re-examine all you have been told . . . Dismiss what insults your Soul.

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American Poet and Humanist   

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Presenter   

Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), American Author, Scientist, Statesman

When you forgive you don't hold on to the past hurt that is blocking you from seeing the healing truth in that past experience, and holding your life from moving on. By fogiving you allow yourself to move on instead of still hurting.

Caroline Myss, Personal Growth Leader, Author

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Queen    

It is well to think well. It is divine to act well.

Horace Mann (1796 -1859), American Education Reformer      

Think to thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, a formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.

Thomas S. Monson (1927 -), President of LDS Church, USA  

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are... part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

Max Planck (1858-1947), German Physicist, Founder of Quantum Theory   

Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is not more a science than a heap of stones is a home. 

Henri Poincare (1854 - 1912) French Mathematician    

The serious debate today is no longer about mind and body, but about the body of experience and the body of medicine.  

David Kleinberg-Levin, PhD, Philosopher, Professor Emeritus

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, English Politician and Author  

Use yesterday to inspire tomorrow, not to discourage it.

Neale Donald Walsch, Spiritual Author

Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light, but making the dark conscious.

Carl Jung (1875 – 1961), Swiss Psychiatrist

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) Chinese Sage  

Happiness is a continuous creative activity. 

Baba Amte (1914- 008), Indian Social Activist, Environmentalist  

Problems are just opportunities in their work clothes. 

Henry Kaiser (1882-1967), American Industrialist

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it 1,000 times.

Mark Twain (1835-1910), American Novelist and Humourist

The struggle ends when the gratitude begins... You cannot find what you have been

struggling for, but you can create it. And the jump-start of creation is gratitude.

Neale Donald Walsch, Author of Conversations with God     

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life.

Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Presenter

I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. 

Martin Buber(1878 - 1965), Philosopher and Educator   

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. 

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US President 

Find personal meaning in a crazy world.

Dr. Kent M. Keith, Speaker, Writer  

Be Different and Make a Difference!

www.1000ventures.com   

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

Swedish Proverb  

They must find it difficult...  Those that have taken authority as the truth rather than truth as the authority.

quoted on www.whitewingministries.com   

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Marc Twain (1835-1910), Author  

Good health is acquired by choosing healthy life practices and learning to trust your own voice. It is (also) essential to find the “balance” in  your relationship and put it into practice every  day! 

Helen Smalley-Bower, MS, Holistic Theologian & Therapist www.finetuneyou.com  

There is within each one of us the understanding of Truth.  It is part of our being. 

from www.whitewingministries.com 

The Whole Truth, including Its Part that transcends human mind's grasp, but is within the reach of one's humble spirituality, is the ultimate Healer.

Tiyana Maksimovich-Binno, Natural Healer and Holistic Therapist  

If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it. 

Heraclitus (6th century BC), Greek Philosopher

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open. 

Rabindranath Tagore(1861-1941), Indian Thihnker, Poet  

Who, being loved, is poor?

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900),  Irish Novelist, Dramatist, Critic  

Living as love is a way of life that brings heaven on earth. 

Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder and Spiritual DirectorAgape International Spiritual Center   

Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever; prepare for eternity as if you have to die tomorrow. 

Muhammad, Founder of Islam

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but were he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King (1929-1968), American Human Rights Advocate   

Being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Presenter  

Have the courage to act instead of react. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), American Jurist  

When I was diagnosed with severe autism, my parents decided to see possibilities where others saw none, and it was this perspective that enabled my complete recovery.

Raun Kaufman, used to be autistic, with IQ 30, now Near Genius

Harmlessness and mutuality always direct one into correct behavior. 

Lester Levenson (1909-1993) American Physicist, Engineer   

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900),  Irish Novelist, Dramatist, Critic  

Knows but doesn't know he knows... asleep, wake him up.

Knows he doesn't know... teach him, good man.

Doesn't know he doesn't know... a fool, avoid him.

Knows he knows... wise, follow him... 

Anonimous  

For knowledge add a little every day, for wisdom erase a little every day. 

Lao Tzu (6th or 4th century BC), Chinese Philosopher  

Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese Philospher, Educator  

The most important thing in terms of your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but how well you've defined the perimeter.  

Warren Buffett (1930- ), American Businessman, Philanthropist  

Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our Mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know - the Earth does not belong to man - man belongs to the Earth. This we know.

Chief Seattle (c. 1786-1866), Native American Leader     

To think is not your real nature. Your real nature is to be.The natural free state is the ultimate goal. That is to be without thinking.The essence of your self is only awareness and consciousness. When the ego dominates it, your consciousness functions as the reasoning, thinking or sensing faculty. When you are totally released, you identify with your beingness only. You are intuitive with no thinking.

Lester Levenson (1909-1993), American Physicist, Engineer, Founder of The Release Technique

Where, in the past, I would have either be yelling or bent over in pain, I made the decision to release.... I said yes to the pain and sent my [painfully slammed] leg love and approval - within seconds the pain completely disappeared! 

Jason Flora, in Release newsletter, July 2009  

Don’t fear pressure for pressure is what turns rough stones into diamonds.

Author Unknown

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

Edith Wharton, American Author

Hawaiian KaHuna Principles:

1. IKE - The world is what you think it is - "I am aware"

2. KALA - No limits - everything is one - "I am free"

3. MAKIA - Energy flows where attention goes - "I am focused"

4. MANAWA - Now is the moment of power - "I am here"

5. ALOHA- To love is to be happy - "I am happy"

6. MANA- All power comes from within - "I am confident"

7. PONO - Effectiveness is the measure of truth - "I am positive"

Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. 

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), British author

Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. 

Alan Keightley    

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.        

Mark Twain, on www.ravenswingstudio.com/docs/cats      

Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations.

Irving Townsend (1920-1981), American Record Producer, Author    

The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940), American Author

Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything. 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist  

The difference between a flower and a weed is a judgement.

Barry Neil Kaufman (1942– ), Psychotherapist

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. 

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), American Author  

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength. 

Ralph Sockman (1889-1970), American Pastor, Speaker      

Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Poet and Playwright  

There is no such things as Right and Wrong. There is only What Works and What Does Not Work, depending on what it is that you seek to be, do or have. 

One of the Principles of the School of New Spirituality

Your whole life is a teaching. Everything that you think, say and do instructs another.

Neale Donald Walsch, Author of The New Revelations  

Education worthy of the name is essentially the education of character.

Martin Buber (1878 – 1965), Philospher and Educator  

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Marc Twain (1835-1910), American Author  

Education is not a filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), Irish Poet and Dramatist   

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917), French artist

There is no right or wrong, only alive and less alive.

Dr. Becky Coleman  

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship.

Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

Khalil Gibran (1883-19331) Lebanese Poet  

Life and mistakes are for learning. Next time you'll do better.

Milutin Maksimovich (1905-1989), Serbian Author & Engineer (Tiyana's Father) 

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles overcome whilst trying to succeed. 

Booker T Washington (1856-1915), American Educator, Orator, Author, Leader of the African-American Community; freed from slavery as a child.  

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth - we are all crew.

Marshall McLuan (1911- 1980), Canadian Educator, Philosopher, Scholar   

All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident.

Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German Philosopher  

To Speak or NOT to Speak

If it is not  truthful and not helpful don't say it

If it is truthful and not helpful don't say it

If it is helpful and not  truthful don't say it

If it is both Truthful and Helpful... 

Wait for the right time  

Buddhist Quote  

Broken truth is like drinking from a broken glass. It appears helpuf to some, but is painful to all.

Lliving the Whole Truth, including acepting humbly its Unknown portion, is much more than helpful - it brings the Spirit of Truly Healing to all concerned.

Tiyana Maksimovich-Binno, Natural Healer and Holistic Therapist  

A moral, sensible and well-bred man will not affront me, and no other can.

Anonimous  

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

William Cowper (1731-1800), English poet  

To go beyond understanding to wisdom requires awareness of the difference between doing things right (efficiency) and doing the right thing (effectiveness). 

MISAHA website  

There are two obstacles to vibrant health and longevity: ignorance and complacency.

World Health Organization  

If we could see the miracle in a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Buddha  

Don't Believe in Miracles, Depend On Them!

Max Stein, Webmaster  

To live at all is miracle enough.

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English Writer, Artist, Poet, Illustrator.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964), American Marine Biologist and Nature Writer    

When the universe speaks it is on purpose and we need to listen. It is always speaking to you, it never stops. 

David Morehouse, Remote Viewer, Author  

Wanting to punish others for the pain they "make" us feel is like tripping over our shoelaces and then jumping on our own toe to let the offending shoe know how displeased we are with it!

Guy Finley, Life Transformation Leader 

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus (1913-1960), French Author, Philosopher  

Don't be "consistent" but be simply true.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), American Jurist  

The right way to teach is the personal example springing spontaneously and naturally from the whole man.

Martin Buber (1878-1965), Austrian-Israeli Philosopher and Educator 

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anais Nin (1903-1977), Cuban-French Author   

A Miracle is Energy In Formation. Anything you hold your attention on over time is energy in formation.

Sam Oliver, Author of The Path into Healing  

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English Author and Critic  

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.

George Moore (1852-1933), Irish Author, Poet, Dramatist  

The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

Mark Twain (1835-1910), American Satirist and Writer  

When I despair, I remember that all through history, the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and, for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it...always.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian Leader for Independence  

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. 

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. 

Albert Einstein (1879-1955); German-born U.S. theoretical physicist   

Blessed are the flexible... for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Beliefnet e-card

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Jurist  

To open your inner nature and to feel something from the bottom of your heart, it is necessary to remain silent.

Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971), Japanese Zen Priest  

Method is essential for knowledge and life. 

We live to know and to know ourselves, hence true books make us truly human.

Balthasar Gracian (1601-1658), Spanish Jesuit, Author of The Art of Worldly Wisdom