Buddhist Wisdom

Our vision has to do with our values, and with our personal blueprint for what is most important in life. It has to do with first principles.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn in Wherever You Go, There You Are

African-American Wisdom

Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
— James Baldwin, African-American writer

Philosophical Wisdom

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skills. Our antagonist is our helper.
— Edmund Burke, English statesman and philosopher

Catholic Wisdom

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.
— Henri J. M. Nouwen in Here and Now

Mystical Wisdom

God is ready to give great things when we are ready . . . to give up everything.
— Meister Eckhart in The Sun & Moon Over Assisi by Gerard Thomas Smith.

Literary Wisdom

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
— Betty Smith in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Prayer

Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.
— Dorothy Day, American Catholic social activist