“We cannot live only for ourselves.  A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.”  Herman Melville

“What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?  This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.”  Thomas Merton

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.  That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business.  What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”  Thomas Merton

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.  Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”  Thomas Merton

“Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time.”  Thomas Merton

“You don’t always need a plan.  Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”  Mandy Hale

“Enlightenment, joy and peace can never be given to you by another.  The well is inside you.”  Rumi

“The lamps are different but the Light is the same.”  Rumi

“My soul is elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”  Rumi

“Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.”  Thich Nhat Hanh