“Probably most of your nightmares are just you meeting up with those “monsters” you have created. It is all illusion. The instant you shift your focus and deny their existence, they are gone. Part of your training during the night travel is learning to discern reality from illusion. When you have perceived and confronted all illusions, you will find that only the Soul is left and you will be home free.”
— John-Roger
“The idea behind a kaleidoscope is that it’s a structure that’s filled with broken bits and pieces, and somehow if you can look through them, you still see something beautiful. I feel like we are all that way a little bit.”
— Sara Bareilles
“Joy is prayer – Joy is strength – Joy is love – Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.”
— Mother Teresa
“Never miss a joy in this world of trouble … that’s my theory! … Happiness, like mercy, is twice blest: it blesses those most intimately associated with it and it blesses all those who see it, hear it, touch it or breathe the same atmosphere.”
— Kate Douglas Wiggin
“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
— Colossians 3:12
“The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is my choice to care deeply about others. No kindness is too small to be important – the smile to the bank teller, the sincere “thank you” for all kindnesses received, the reassuring hand on the shoulder of a loved one or friend. There is compassion in selfless generosity, but there is also compassion in heartfelt empathy.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie