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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Mahatma Gandhi You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself. — Rumi When he returned home to France, [Lafayette] lived on his big estates and did very well. He was in the same social class as the rich […]
On the parable of the Good Samaritan: “I imagine that the first question the priest and Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But by the very nature of his concern, the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what […]
We are born of love; Love is our mother. — Rumi To My Mother (excerpt) — Edgar Allan Poe Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of “Mother,” Therefore by that dear name I long […]
Themes from Gospel of John for Palm Sunday. Help Now! That’s what hosanna actually means. On Palm Sunday, we celebrate with the word Hosanna, but what we’re actually doing is calling out for rescue, for intercession, for help. Immediately. Right now. When do you need help for yourself? Yet how hard is it to receive […]
Of History and Hope (excerpt) — Miller Williams We have memorized America, how it was born and who we have been and where. In ceremonies and silence we say the words, telling the stories, singing the old songs. We like the places they take us. Mostly we do. … But where are we going to […]
