“When the frosted glass that domes our small worlds shatters, then can we gaze upon the cosmos of our souls and know ourselves as we are: the ever-shifting dust of so many stars that settles for tiny moments in small drifts. It is then we can melt the frozen thoughts of ‘us’ and of ‘them’ that stand between you and me, and see the end of wars waged in the imagined space between the corners of this universe we are.”

— Quiet Lotus
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“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh
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“Our real journey in life is interior: it is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts.”

— Thomas Merton
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“If you are ever lost and searching for meaning, love is patiently holding it for you.”

— Quiet Lotus
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“Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke
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