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The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion
Wayne Teasdale
In this book, Teasdale provides a powerful look at spiritual wisdom, filled with quotations from all the great mystics and spiritual traditions.

1 "We can respond with love in all the situations of life and practice compassion without counting the cost."

2 "People see God every day; they just don't recognize him." Pearl Bailey, American singer

3 "Kindness will eventually transform the entire existence of an individual, having reverberations in the community and the world. Let us allow ourselves to be refashioned by the effective and beautiful quality of kindness."

4 "That we may outgrow our need for dualism and conflict – that is my prayer."

5 "The spiritual journey is not to a place, but to the ultimate reality of Divine Consciousness. There is thus no distance involved in the inner sojourn. The spiritual journey is a process that reveals the end, the destination, the goal that is essentially changeless: union with God. And each one of us is a member of the Divine Family."

6 "God is everywhere, in every being and in every situation, in the cosmos and the natural world, in our loved ones, our friends, just as he is in the stranger, our neighbors, our pets, and very pointedly in the suffering."

7 "The eternal exists in one moment, the now, and everything is contained in that now. Eternity is this one instant, but this one instant extends forever in itself."

8 "You always carry within yourself the very thing that you need for the fulfillment of your life purpose." Malidoma Some, African author

9 "The will of God is manifest in each moment, an immense ocean which the heart only fathoms in so far as it overflows with faith, trust and love." Jean Pierre deCaussade

10 "In each moment the will of God is present, if we can only allow ourselves to discern it."

11 "Now we are moving back toward community – because we need it to happen." Gay Luce

12 "I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God." Helen Keller

13 "The Divine Reality is doing, or being, each one of us. We are expressions of God's endless creativity. The Divine is happening all the time, and in all corners of reality."

14 "In eternity there is no succession, no moment by moment, but only one integral moment, the Everlasting Now in which all moments are part of the absolute moment of the Now. All the moments of all lives in all worlds, in all realms and universes, are simultaneous with one another. It is like a great cosmic, heavenly banquet at which we are all present: everything that is, was or could be. Let us all aspire to realize this Divine Consciousness, our birthright and our final home."

15 "At the end of life we will be judged on how much we have loved." St. John of the Cross

16 "The human body is His sitar. He draws the strings, and out of it comes the music of the inner universe." Kabir

17 "This life is not separate from the eternal."

18 "Are you open to this power of grace and love that extends to all sentient beings?"

19 "Let us each examine our faith. If it is rooted in love, mercy, kindness, and compassion, we are on the right track."

20 "If we are going to grow into the fullness of our potential in our spiritual lives, we have to take this path of love, kindness, mercy, compassion, and true empathy. These qualities define us as individuals who have awakened within and care without."

21 "Each one of us is dependent on others and nature to be. Everything is interdependent….we are intrinsically and fundamentally related to everyone and everything else."

22 "One instant is eternity; eternity is in the now; When you see through this one instant, you see through the one who sees." Wu-Men, Chinese poet

23 "As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I'm the Earth." Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author

24 "Learn to open your being to the greater love witnessed in the example of the saints and watch your capacity expand, your compassion grow, and your generosity deepen."

25 "True community includes those we disagree with. Community building, whether on our block or across national or cultural divides, is the great work of our new millennium."

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite