Inspirational Quotes

To be authentic ...
I'd rather be deeply loved by a few
for who I truly am
than loved by many
for the false image I portray
Priscilla Wise

Time is not at all what it seems
it does not flow in only one direction,
and the future exists simultaneously with the past
Albert Einstein

Seek then to create change
not because a thing is wrong
but because it is no longer a statement of
Who You Are
from "Conversations With God"
Neale Donald Walsch

Our deepest fear
is not that we are inadequate
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure
It is our light not our darkness that frightens us
Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love, 1995

The sixties weren't the answer.
They just showed us what the possibilities were.
John Lennon

The best and most beautiful things
Cannot be seen or touched
They must be felt with the heart
Helen Keller

What we are today
comes from thoughts of yesterday
and our present thoughts
build our life of tomorrow
our life
is the creation of our mind
Buddha

The heresy of one age
becomes the orthodoxy of the next
Helen Keller
Optimism, 1903

To believe in something not yet proved
and to underwrite it with our lives
it is the only way we can leave the future open
Man, surrounded by facts
permitting himself no surprise
no intuitive flash
no great hypothesis, no risk,
is in a locked cell
Ignorance
cannot seal the mind
and imagination more securely
Lillian Smith
The Journey, 1954

A human being is part of a whole
called by us the "Universe"
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings,
as something separated from the rest
a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us
restricting us to our personal desires
and for affection for a few persons nearest us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison
by widening our circles of compassion
to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Albert Einstein
Ideas and Opinions

We must never, ever believe
that our diversity is a weakness
It is our greatest strength
Bill Clinton, President
United States of America

When I examine myself
and my methods of thought
I come to the conclusion
that the gift of fantasy
has meant more to me
than my talent
for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Life must be lived as play
playing certain games
making sacrifices
singing and dancing
and then a man
will be able to
propitiate the gods.
Plato

You cannot have What you seek
Until you Seek what you have
Then you realize
That you cannot have Anything
But that you are Everything
Lonnie Lockett
Thoughts Across the Light Fence

There is no higher religion
than human service.
To work for the common good
is the greatest creed.
Albert Schweitzer

To a man with an empty stomach
food is God
Gandhi

when you look into a mirror
and realize
that you are looking into the eyes of god
enjoy the goosebumps
Lonnie lockett
Thoughts Across the Light Fence

You need your ego to survive
in the three-dimensional world,
but you need only that part of the ego
which processes information.
The rest - pride, arrogance, defensiveness, fear -
is worse than useless.
The rest of the ego
separates you from wisdom, joy, and God.
Brian L. Weiss, M.D.
Only Love Is Real

Einstein Was right
God Does not Play dice With the Universe
He plays Poker
And It's your deal
Lonnie Lockett
Thoughts Across the Light Fence

Self-pity in its early stages
is as snug as a feather mattress.
Only when it hardens
does it become uncomfortable.
Maya Angelou
Gather Together in My Name, 1974

No evidence will convince you
of the truth of what you do not want.
A Course in Miracles

If inspiration
is something you need from life,
by all means, inspire.
Lotus Flower

You do not even have to leave your room.
Remain sitting at your table and listen.
Do not even listen, simply wait.
Do not even wait, remain still and solitary.
The world will freely offer itself to you unasked.
It has no choice.
It will roll in ecstacy at your feet
Franz Kafka

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

Never doubt
that a small group of thoughtful citizens
can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Meade

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.
We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Stephen Covey

Great spirits
have always encountered violent opposition
from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

In everyone's life, at some time,
our inner fire goes out
It is then burst into flame
by an encounter
with another human being
We should all be thankful
for those people
who rekindle the inner spirit
Albert Schweitzer

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given.
Freedom is something people take
and people are as free as they want to be.
James Baldwin