"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before." ―Maya Angelou

"Authentic spirituality wants to flow outward and express itself in the form of justice, peacemaking, and compassion." -Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak

"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart." —Dorothy Day, Loaves and Fishes

"May you have the courage to speak for those on the margins, to live in the shelter of compassion." -John O'Donohue, Benedictus

"Gratitude is the recognition that we belong, that we are part of something infinitely bigger than ourselves." ―Richard Rohr, Falling Upward

"Gratitude goes beyond the ‘mine’ and ‘thine’ and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift." ―Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son

"It is not happiness that makes us grateful; it is gratefulness that makes us happy." ―Br. David Steindl-Rast

“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.” ―Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." ―Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

"Happiness comes not from trying to get rid of all the difficult things, but by learning to open to them with compassion." ―Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

"I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find joy—it's right in front of me when I pay attention and practice gratitude." ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu

“In the kingdom of love there is no competition; there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.” ― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

“To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door.” ― Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited

"The honorary duty of a human being is to love.” ― Maya Angelou

“Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will.” ― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

"Love recognises no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." – Maya Angelou

I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they’ll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive. -Harvey Milk

The way I see it, if you want the rainbows, you gotta put up with the rain. -Dolly Parton

If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down. -Roy T. Bennett

Your journey is not the same as mine, and my journey is not yours, but if we meet on a certain path, may we encourage each other. -Unknown

Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith. -Elizabeth Elliot

Sometimes the biggest accomplishment in life is to find yourself. -Luisa Fernanda Cicer

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. -Eckhart Tolle

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. -Eileen Caddy

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence. -Roy T. Bennett

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. -Buddha

You want to fly, you got to give up the sh*t that weighs you down. -Toni Morrison

In order to hold space for joy, we must release the spaces in our heart where resentment resides. -Aurora James

Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just have to remember to do it. -Sharon Salzberg

Oh Great Spirit, help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. -Cherokee Prayer

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton

Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. -Ojibwe Prayer

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman

 Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. 1/2

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. -Nelson Mandela

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. -Chinese Proverb

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. -Rumi

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. – Henri J.M. Nouwen

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” - Elie Wiesel

It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. Never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant." - Desmond Tutu

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. - Albert Einstein

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out ain’t nobody going to speak out for you. - Fannie Lou Hamer

Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts.. - Nikki Giovanni

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. - Henri Nouwen

It always comes back to the same necessity: go deep enough and there is a bedrock of truth, however hard. - May Sarton

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. - Elisabeth Kubler- Ross

Desire, ask, believe, receive. - Stella Terrill Mann

How often - even before we began, have we declared a task impossible? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate? A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them. - Piero Ferrucci

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein