Be Your True Self Not Someone Else

In the world to come I shall not be asked, 

"Why were you not Moses?" I shall be asked, 

"Why were you not Zusya?"

~ Rabbi Zusya

Tags: Rabbi Zusya, World, Moses, Zusya,

[GMW #2892]

Begin The World Over

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

~ Thomas Paine

Tags: Thomas Paine, Power, Begin, World, Over, 

[GMW #2863]

Be Kind Whenever Possible - It Is Always Possible

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

~ Dalai Lama

Tags: Dalai Lama, Kind, Possible, Always, Being, Focus, Potential, Kindness, Compassion, Transform, World,

[GMW #2860]

Will You Share Your Plenteous Gifts With The World

It is not a question of whether you "have what it takes," 

but of whether you take the gifts you have
 -- they are plenteous -- 
and share them with all the world.
~ Neale Donald Walsch, Tomorrow's God

Tags: Neale Donald Walsch, Question, Have What It Takes, Gifts, Plenteous, Share, World,

[GMW #2859]

Truth May Walk Through The World Unarmed

Truth may walk through the world unarmed.

~ Bedouin Proverb

Tags: Bedouin Proverb, Truth, Walk, Through, World, Unarmed,

[GMW #2853]

The Most Beautiful Must Be Felt With The Heart

The best and most beautiful things in this world 

cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
~ Helen Keller

Tags: Helen Keller, Best, Beautiful, World, Seen, Touch, Felt, Heart, 

[GMW #2849]

Family Matters

Steve McCurry has been a one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name. He brought the world the first visuals of the conflict in Afghanistan, putting a human face to the issue with the celebrated image of the Afghan Girl and many other such powerful photographs. His work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike -- always retaining the powerful human element in his photographs. In this collection of images, he captures the beauty of family from all stretches of the earth, reminding us of our shared global experience of our most intimate community. 
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Tags: Steve McCurry, Human, Photography, World, Culture, Tradition, Beauty, Global, Experience, Community,

[GMW #2841]

The World Is A Self-Creating Mystery

The world as pure object is something that is not there. 

It is not a reality outside us for which we exist....
It is a living and self-creating mystery of which 
I am myself a part, to which 
I am myself, my own unique door.
~Thomas Merton, Contemplation in a World of Action

Tags: Thomas Merton, World, Pure, Reality, Exist, Living, Self-Creating, Mystery, Unique, Door,

[GMW #2833]

The World Exists As A Sheen Of Dew On Flowers

Come quickly -- as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. 

This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu, mid-Heian period Japanese poet

Tags: Blossoms, Open, Fall, World, Exists, Sheen, Dew, Flowers, 

[GMW #2829]

One Touch Of Nature Makes The Whole World Kin

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

~ William Shakespeare

Tags: William Shakespeare, Touch, Nature, Whole, World, Kin,

[GMW #2826]

Purpose Is Where Gladness Meets The World's Needs

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.

~ Frederick Buechner

Tags: Frederick Buechner, Purpose, Place, Deep, Gladness, Meet, World, Needs, Orphanage, Do Better,

[GMW #2824]

Nobody Need Wait To Improve The World

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment 

before starting to improve the world.

~ Anne Frank

Tags: Anne Frank, Wonderful, Nobody, Need, Wait, Single, Moment, Improve, World,

[GMW #2810]

Harmonize Your Mind For Harmony

A harmonized mind produces 

harmony in this world of seeming discord.

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

Tags: Paramahansa Yogananda, Harmonize, Mind, Produce, Harmony, World, Discord,

[GMW #2801]

Make It Simpler For People To Feed, Clothe And Shelter Themselves

What we would like to do is
change the world -- make it a little simpler for people
to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves
as God intended for them to do.
~ Dorothy Day, Catholic Worker, June 1946

Tags: Dorothy Day, Change, World, Simpler, People, Feed, Clothe, Shelter, God, Intended,

[GMW #2933]

Be A Gracious & Courteous Citizen Of The World

If a person be gracious and courteous to strangers,
it shows they are a citizen of the world, and that
their heart is no island cut off from other lands, but
a continent that joins to them.

~ Francis Bacon

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[GMW #2928]

How Can I Help The World Today

I wake up in the morning asking myself

what can I do today, 

how can I help the world today.

~ Julia Butterfly Hill

Tags: Julia Butterfly Hill, Wake, Morning, Ask, Self, Today, Help, World,

[GMW #2914]

Imagine The Impossible

The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use
their imaginations to think of the impossible.
~ Pete Seeger

Tags: Pete Seeger, World, Amount, People, Imagination, Think, Impossible,

[GMW #2906]

Really Look To See Your World For A Moment

If you take a flower in your hand and
really look at it,
it's your world for a moment.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Tags: Georgia O'Keeffe, Take, Flower, Look, World, Moment,

[GMW #2905]

The Direction We Are Moving Is What Counts

The great thing in this world
is not so much where we stand
as in what direction we are moving.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Tags: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Great, World, Stand, Direction, Moving,

[GMW #2902]

Feel With The Heart

The best and most beautiful things in the world 

cannot be seen or even touched

-- they must be felt with the heart.

~ Helen Keller

Tags: Helen Keller, Best, Beautiful, World, See, Touch, Felt, Heart,

[GMW #3090]