Quotes
Among the many forms in which the human spirit has tried to express its innermost yearnings and perceptions, music is perhaps the most universal. It symbolizes the yearnings for harmony, with oneself and with others, with nature and with the spiritual and sacred within us and around us. There is something in music that transcends and unites. This is evident in the sacred music of every community - music that expresses the universal yearning that is shared by people all over the globe.
~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama
then must the prayer be born in your hearts
and carried by your thoughts,
then will even the faintest call reach unto our Father.
And never shall you fear that the words that you utter sound poor and weak;
for do you pray from the affliction and longing of your hearts,
do you pray with sincerity and in full trust,
then will our Father hear you
and then will He grant your prayer.
- from TOWARD THE LIGHT
(reproduced by permission)
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
~ Black Elk
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
~The Buddha
