“All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.”

​— St. Teresa of Ávila
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​“If you ever find yourself looking for a miracle,
​look at the grass growing beneath your feet,
at blossoms turning to fruit,
​at the tiny acorn that grows into the giant oak.
​Nature is a world of miracles.
​You are one of them.”

— Quiet Lotus
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“Find your beauty, my heart, from the world’s movement, like the boat that has the grace of the wind and the water.”

~ Rabindranath Tagore
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“When we are alone on a starlit night; when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children; when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet Bashō we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash—at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the “newness,” the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.”

— Thomas Merton
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“It is not for me to know what lies beyond this life, but the thought that wild flowers may one day grow from my heart, that tree roots may fill the space of my veins, that my lungs may one day become the worm that feeds the song in a bird’s throat—that brings me the peace heaven whispers of.”

— Quiet Lotus
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