Quotes April 25, 2021

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Robert Kennedy – 1925-1968, Politician and Lawyer
 
 
 
 
Much like a wave is not just part of the sea but the very sea in its specific materialization, my voice and my words only make sense within a commonwealth of other beings that make me possible.
Bayo Akomolafe
 
 
 
 
I find more and more that attention is the elemental unit of time. Each moment we are fully paying attention is an atom of eternity.
Maria Popova
 
 
 
 
A name is a starting point for bringing the abstract into relationship, enkindling understanding.
Natalie Middleton
 
 
 
 
I learned in that moment that when I live in that kind of connection, I get to speak for Life with all of my life.
Mark Dubois
 
 
 
 
Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible.
Elizabeth Bishop
 
 
 
 
What waits to awaken in each person is ancient and surprising, mythic and meaningful.
Michael Meade
 
 
 
 
In nature’s economy the currency is not money, it is life.
Vandana Shiva
 
 
 
 
This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.
Mary Oliver
 
 
 
 
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
E.B. White