Never underestimate the power of goodness within you. This power of goodness can change or heal your life and the lives of others around you.
~ Anthony Douglas Williams
Upper Antelope Canyon, Navajo Reservation, AZ – photo by vichie81, bigstockphoto.com
I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love.
~ Wendell Berry
Blooming Lotus Flowers – photo by kenny001, bigstockphoto.com
There are also all the subtle realms. For some extraordinary reason, we as a culture have dismissed, forgotten rejected. And yet they belong to all of the different spiritual traditions—the shaman who works with the spirit world, the Tibetan Buddhist who works with deities, devas, and the land, or the Christian monk who prays to angels and icons of the saints, and even the Zen monk immersed in the Void in this realm.
~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Underwater in the Bahamas – photo by Hannah Govan, bigstockphoto.com
In times of deep darkness, we not only need light — we need to be light for one another.
~ Parker J. Palmer
Bright Summer Sunrise – photo by Pavkovic, bigstockphoto.com
If I tried to share my vision in as short and simple a statement as I can, I would say: trust love. In the end, when all is said and done, it will be love that will get you through. The love of Spirit. The love of the Earth. The love of others. The love we have for what is within us. Trust love. Do everything else you can, in all the ways you can, but keep your heart fixed on a life of love.
~ Steven Charleston
White Orchids – photo from bigstockphoto.com
…we are all energy, radiating our own unique energy signature. Feelings, thoughts and emotions play a vital role, quantum physics helps us see the significance of how we all feel. If all of us are in a peaceful loving state inside, it will no doubt impact the external world around us, and influence how others feel as well.
~ Arjuna Walia
Water Drops on Leaves – photo by Badun, bigstockphoto.com
For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.
~ Richard H. Baker
Moon over Monument Valley – photo by tobkatrina, bigstockphoto.com
In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.
~ Wangari Maathai
Pink and Purple Fuchsia – photo by Zanna Pesnina, bigstockphoto.com
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Adriatc Sea Coastline, Croatia – photo by ZoomTeam, bigstockphoto.com
The creatures that inhabit this earth, be they human beings or animals, are here to contribute each in its own particular way to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
~ Dalai Lama
East African Crowned Crane – photo by MrWildLife, bigstockphoto.com
Our goal is that everyone has enough. Not more. Not all. But enough, enough for living beings to share, enough for life to thrive. Spirit has given us an Earth where doing that is more than possible. All we need to do is recover from our addiction to privilege. Simple and sustainable: the path forward is broad and inclusive. Let us walk it together.
~ Steven Charleston
Abundant Green in Deep Forest – photo by Photosguide, bigstockphoto.com
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Strawberry Blossom – photo by koldunova, bigstockphoto.com
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
~ Maya Angelou
Sunset Light – photo by underworld1, bigstockphoto.com
What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.
~ Elizabeth Lesser
Solo Tree on Hill – photo by Bigc Studio, bigstockphoto.com
I learned in the rainforest that every native species has a role to play in this tapestry of life – they’re all interconnected. The loss of one can lead to the loss of another and so on. Every time one species disappears from an area, it’s like pulling thread from that tapestry and as you pull more and more threads the tapestry gets weaker and you get ecosystem collapse.
~ Jane Goodall
Tropical Jungle, Nepal – photo by Quickshooting, bigstockphoto.com
