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“This we know; all things are connected like the blood that unites us.

We do not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it.Whatever we do to the web,

we do to ourselves.”

--Chief Seattle                                                                                    

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                                                                                     “When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe, you have fear.

Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water.

Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact,

we have no fear of death anymore.”                                                             Shunryu Suzuki

Mississippi River, New Orleans

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“When tears come, I breathe deeply and rest.  I know I am swimming in a hallowed stream where many have gone before. 

I am not alone, crazy, or having a nervous breakdown…. My heart is at work, my soul is awake.”

                         ~Mary Margaret Funk                          Thoughts Matter: the Practice of a Spiritual Life

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“Every act, thought, and choice adds to the permanent mosaic: Our decisions ripple through the universe of consciousness to affect the lives of all.  Every act or decision made that supports

life, supports all life, including our own.”                                               ~David R. Hawkins, MD, PHD       Truth vs. Falsehood 2005

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“If you want to shrink something,You must first allow it to expand.If you want to get rid of something,You must first allow it to flourish.If you want to take something,You must first allow it to be given.This is called the subtle perception of the way things are.”    ---Tao Te Ching, Translated by Stephen Mitchell

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                                                                                     “It seems in every interaction there is something to learn if we

can only see ourselves as students. If we can humble ourselves, and allow ourselves to see the world without our own

beliefs and dogmas, then we could see so much beauty awaiting us in each moment.”

                                                        --Sukh Chugh

New Orleans

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“I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works I do: and greater works than

these he will do.”                                                                 -- Jesus (John 14)

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One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is

between 2 "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt,

resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,

kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then

asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Bayboro Harbor

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“All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.”

                                                               -- Mahatma Gandhi

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                                                                                     “Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual ... And for a man who

has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than to sit still and rest, doing nothing at all. The very act of resting is the hardest and most

courageous act he can perform.”                                                       --Thomas Merton

Dahlonega, Georgia

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“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could

comprehend it.”                                                      ~Harry Emerson Fosdick

Tampa Bay

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“We have flown the air like birds and swim the sea like fishes,

but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”

                                   ~ Martin Luther King

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“It's not what we eat but what we digest that

makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned;

and not what we profess but what we practice that

gives us integrity.”                                                      --Francis Bacon

New Orleans

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“The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know

that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.”

                                                       --Albert Schweitzer

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“Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these, my brethern, you did it to me.”

                                                                ~ Jesus (Matthew 25)

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“As long as Nature is seen as something outside ourselves; frontiered and foreign, separate, it is lost both

to us and in us. It follows that to achieve a society in harmony with Nature, we must be guided by respect for it.”

                                                  -- Sir Crispin Tickell

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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors

the servant and has forgotten the gift.”             - Albert Einstein

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“Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.”

                                                 ~ Ekhart Tolle

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“We cannot live only for ourselves.  A thousand fibers connect us

with our fellow men.”            --Herman Melville

New Orleans

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I honor the place within you in which the entire universe dwells.

I honor the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace.

When you are in that place in you, I am in that place in me.

We are one.

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“Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained.

In stillness the world is restored.”                                                              -- Lao Tzu

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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men

are afraid of the light.”                                             ~ Plato

New Orleans

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“People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast

compass of the ocean, at the circular  motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

                                                                   --St Augustine

Nashville

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“I would rather think of life as a good book. The further you get into it,

the more it begins to come together and make sense.”

                                  ~Rabbi Harold Kushner

North Redington Beach

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“Our intentions -- noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle -- contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden you grow depends on the seeds you plant and water. Long after a deed is done, the trace or momentum of the

intention behind it remains as a seed, conditioning our future happiness or unhappiness.”

                                                                                 --Gil Fronsdal

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The High Line, New York City

“The greatest thing you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.”

                                                        --Benjamin Disraeli

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Times Square, New York City

“The most incredible architecture

Is the architecture of Self,which is ever changing,

evolving, revolving and has unlimited beauty and light

inside which radiates outwards for everyone to

see and feel.

With every in breathyou are adding to your lifeand every out breath you are releasing what is not contributing to your life.

Every breath is a re-birth.”

--Allan Rufus, The Master’s Sacred Knowledge

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Niagara Falls, Canada

Stop judging. You were never meant to and can never hope to understand another’s person’s

journey.

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Columbia City, Indiana

“Connecting with the wilderness allows us to

live in the flow of a meaningful, joyful life.

Embracing this state of connectedness or

oneness with other living beings including animals, as opposed to feeling an

“otherness” or “separateness” brings a sense of harmony and

enables us to be at peace with oneself and

the world.” ― Sylvia Dolson,

Joy of Bears

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New York City

“It is the darkness that

makes the light visible, and not the other way

around.”--Nancy Venable Raine

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Amish Country Near Columbia City, Indiana

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”

                                                      --Henry David Thoreau

Thanks to Spirtual-Transformation.net for gathering the majority of these wonderful quotations!