empowerment & inner transformation…
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"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure." — John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day ***... Continue Reading →
“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?” - W. Clement Stone
"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders." -Maya Angelou back
I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always does to war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go to war, but men. It is like salt. Once one has been to war, one has salt for the rest of one's life. Men love... Continue Reading →
“You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” - C.S. Lewis Don't ask me why but for some strange reason this quote always makes me think of this quote: When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished... Continue Reading →
“Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.” - Unknown (but I believe this quote is from a song by a band called Reed).
Daisaku Ikeda from June 18th World Tribune January 19th Address Excerpts: Many of you here may fondly remember the novel I Am a Cat by the Japanese author Soseki Natsume. For a change of pace, let me talk a little about it. […] We also find this passage in Soseki’s novel: “All studies undertaken by... Continue Reading →
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes." [.] "What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life." [.] "Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search... Continue Reading →
Mr. Toda once said to a young woman, "If you aren't going to create happiness in the place were your are now, where else are you going to find it?" We must develop inner strength. We need to transform ourselves and become people who aren't defeated by life's struggles. The English poet John Milton wrote,... Continue Reading →
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. Henri Matisse
empowerment & inner transformation... 