#1411 Civilization begins...

Good order is the foundation of all great things.  ~ Edmund Burke

Order is a great person's need, and their true well being.  ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.  ~ Henry Brooks Adam

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.  ~ Will Durant

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.  ~Pearl Buck

Quotes about order and chaos

- How ordered is your life?
- When might some chaos be enriching?

#1410 Field of energy

Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement. ~Jack Kornfield

We are perishing for lack of wonder, not for lack of wonders. ~G. K. Chesterton

Be infinitely flexible and constantly amazed. ~ Jason Kravitz

Amazement + Gratitude + Openness + Appreciation = an irresistible field of energy. ~ Frederick Dodson

When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. ~ Mary Oliver

Quotes about wonder and amazement

- What steps can you take to cultivate wonder and amazement?
- How can wonder and amazement enrich your life?

#1409 One with a heart

When you discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.  ~Jean Shinoda Bolen

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are — not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within — that you can begin to take control.  ~Oprah Winfrey

Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being.  ~David Steindl-Rast

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.  ~ Thomas Wolfe

There are many paths to enlightenment.  Be sure to take one with a heart.  ~ Lao Tzu

Quotes about spirituality

- What nourishes your soul and brings you joy?
- Where can you show more heart?

#1408 Lighting candles

The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ~Bertrand Russell

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. ~José Ortega y Gasset

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Goethe

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.  ~ Isaac Asimov

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.  ~Margaret Fuller

Quotes about knowledge

- When have you been delighted by knowledge?

- What knowledge have you applied?

- What knowledge from others has ignited you? 

#1407 The stillness dancing

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be mere rushing on.  ~ D. H. Lawrence

Be still;
Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity.  ~ Lao Tzu

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe.  ~Eckhart Tolle

Being still does not mean don't move. It means move in peace.  ~ E. A. Gardner 

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen- that stillness becomes a radiance.  ~ Morgan Freeman

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.  ~ T.S. Eliot

Quotes about stillness

- How can you cultivate more stillness, peace, and vibrancy in your life?

#1406 A way to live

The world does not turn without moments of grace.  Who cares how small.  ~ Colum  McCann

In life as in the dance, grace glides on blistered feet.  ~ Alice Abrams

It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty.  ~ Goethe

Grace,
She takes the blame,
She covers the shame,
Removes the stain.  ~ U2, Grace

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal.  It's a way to live.  ~ Jackie Windspear

Quotes about grace

- How would you define grace?
- When have you experienced it?
- How can you nurture it in your life?

#1405 The deepest foundations

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.   ~Henry David Thoreau

Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.  ~ J.K. Rowling

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.  ~ Eckhart Tolle

Inclusive, good quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.  ~ Desmond Tutu

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.  ~ Confucius

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.   ~Zig Ziglar

The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.  ~ George Santayana

Quotes about foundations

- What foundation stones help you to lead a successful life?

- What edifices (complex system of beliefs) come to your mind which need firm foundations?