Loreena
Mar
29
2019
“We have yet to master the discipline of knowing when to stop our march of ‘progress’ and to ask the simple question, ‘Just because we can, should we?’” – Loreena McKennitt
“We have yet to master the discipline of knowing when to stop our march of ‘progress’ and to ask the simple question, ‘Just because we can, should we?’” – Loreena McKennitt
Here lived Miklós Radnóti (born in 1909). He was held captive in forced labor and was killed at Abda (near Győr) on 9 November 1944. Radnóti’s wonderful poetry lives forever.
“This sacred day when the sun illumines equally the whole earth is called the equinox and the equinox is the symbol of the divine messenger. The sun of truth rises on the horizon of divine mercy and sends forth its rays on all. This is the beginning of the spring. When the sun appears at the equinox, it causes a movement in all living things. The mineral world is set in motion, plants begin to sprout, the desert is changed into a prairie, trees bud and every living thing responds, including the bodies of animals and men. The rising of […]
“Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help. Let them see no one as their enemy, or as wishing them ill, but think of all humankind as their friends; regarding the alien as an intimate, the stranger as a companion, staying free of prejudice, drawing no lines.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an invisible source. To be continually giving out for the good of our fellows undeterred by fear of poverty and reliant on the unfailing bounty of the Source of all wealth and all good–this is the secret of right living.” – Shoghi Effendi
“. . . all effort and exertion put forth by man from the fullness of his heart is worship, if it is prompted by the highest motives and the will to do service to humanity. This is worship: to serve mankind and to minister to the needs of the people. Service is prayer.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“. . . all effort and exertion put forth by man from the fullness of his heart is worship, if it is prompted by the highest motives and the will to do service to humanity. This is worship: to serve mankind and to minister to the needs of the people. Service is prayer.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“Do not think the peace of the world an ideal impossible to attain!… If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men. Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“Create in me a pure heart, O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope!” – Bahá’u’lláh
“Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy…” – Bahá’u’lláh
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