Weekly Token of Wisdom “It is true that when we harm others, we harm ourselves; but it is just as true that when we help others, we also help ourselves.” ― Desmond Tutu
“Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.” ― Shunryu Suzuki
“Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.” – Assata Shakur
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ” – Viktor E. Frankl
“My actions are my only true belongings.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
“The door to the mind should only open from the heart. An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.” – Joy Harjo
“Active Hope is not wishful thinking. Active Hope is not waiting to be rescued . . . . by some savior. Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world. The web of life is calling us forth at this time. We’ve come a long way and are here to play our part. With Active Hope we realize that there are adventures in store, strengths to discover, and comrades to link arms with…”
– Joanna Macy
“When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.” – Hafiz Shirazi
“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token save it from that ruin which, except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and young, would be inevitable.” ― Hannah Arendt
“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” ― Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, aka Rumi
“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer
“There is a difference between visions that come out of the most individualistic tendencies and those that arise when we are able to admit that we need other people.” – Prentis Hemphill
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
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