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Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? Didn’t you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn’t most of them turn out all right after all? –Carnegie Dale

An aspiring Yogi wanted to find a Guru. He went to an Ashram and his preceptor told him, “You can stay here but we have one important rule: all students observe Mouna or a vow of silence. You will be allowed to speak in 12 years.” After practicing for 12 long years, the day came…

John 4:16-26 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you…

[16] Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. [17] The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: [18] For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou…

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One pang of conscience is worth more than many lashes. –Jose b. Halafta, Talmud: Berakhot, 7a Reprinted from ‘A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,’ edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.

The cheerful giver does not count the cost of what he gives. His heart is set on pleasing and sharing Him to whom the gift is given. –Julian of Norwich

Dwelling in kindness, a monk with faith in the Awakened One’s teaching, would attain the good state, the peaceful state: stilling-of-fabrications ease. Monk, bail out this boat. It will take you lightly when bailed. Having cut through passion, aversion, you go from there to Unbinding. -Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him. All the people answered as one, saying, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do!” And Moses brought back the people’s words to the Lord. And the Lord said to Moses, “I will come…

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. –A sister of Nil Nilson

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