Quotes About Connection

And people pray—millions of them—and claim they are answered. Are they? Was ever supplication sent into that sky by troubled humanity answered, or even heard? Who knows? They pray for rain and sunshine, and both come in time. They pray for health and success and both are but natural in the marching of events. This is not evidence. But they say that they know, by spiritual uplifting, that they are heard, and comforted, and answered at the moment.

Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.

The heart of a human being is no different from the soul of heaven and earth. In your practice always keep in your thoughts the interaction of heaven and earth, water and fire, yin and yang.

I am one with the universe. Who can lift that

You cannot see or touch the divine with your gross senses. The divine is within you, not somewhere else

your opponent is not really your opponent because you and your opponent become one.

Do not stare into the eyes of your opponent: he may mesmerize you. Do not fix your gaze on his sword: he may intimidate you. Do not focus on your opponent at all: he may absorb your energy. The essence of training is to bring your opponent completely into your sphere. Then you can stand just where you like

The most perfect actions echo the patterns found in nature.

The divine does not like to be shut up in a building. The divine likes to be out in the open. It is right here in this very body. Each one of us is a miniature universe, a living shrine

When your eyes engage those of another person, greet him or her with a smile and they will smile back. This is one of the essential techniques of the Art of Peace

If you have not Linked yourself To true emptiness, You will never understand The Art of Peace

True prayer has no set form

The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us

When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.

Death ends life not a relationship

When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

Here's how Polly Francis expresses her sense of a spiritual connection. A new set of faculties seem to be coming into operation. I seem to be awakening to a larger world of wonderment—to catch little glimpses of the immensity and diversity of creation. More than at any other time in my life, I seem to be aware of the beauties of our spinning planet and the sky above. And now I have the time to enjoy them. I feel that old age sharpens our awareness.32

Your circumstances are an opportunity for you to draw near to God and for God to reveal Himself to you through those circumstances in a greater way than He ever has before.

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united

A person doesn't have to be here to love you.

miraron. A coro me transmitieron su

He took her in in his arms and kissed her. The coffeepot boiled over and they laughed and laughed with the simple foolish joy of being alive.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.