Thought for the Day

When your instinct is to avoid or deny, you must

not look away.

When you're inclined to false hope or good cheer,

choose sincerity and quiet presence.

When you think you have all the answers,

ask a question.

~ Sharon Brous

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Quoted from Sharon Brous, The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2024), p. 146

Sharon Brous, Founding and Senior Rabbi, IKAR; Writer

Sharon Brous, "It's Time to Reclaim Religion," 2016 TedTalk

Thought for the Day

Tragedy teaches that no one should die

with a clear conscience.

~ Robert D. Kaplan

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Quoted from Robert D. Kaplan, "The Burden of Power Is Overwhelming" (Chapter 9) in The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power (Yale University Press, 2023), p. 84

Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Strausz-Hupe Chair in Geopolitics, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Reporter, Writer, Author, Essayist, Speechwriter

Thought for the Day

Silence is somehow at the very foundation of all reality.

It is that out of which all being comes and to which all things return.

~ Fr. Richard Rohr

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Quoted from Richard Rohr, "The Gift of Silence" (Daily Meditation: Prayerful Rhythm of Life), July 1, 2024

Fr. Richard Rohr, Franciscan Friar, Ecumenical Teacher; Founder, Center for Action and Contemplation; Author

 

Center for Action and Contemplation

Thought for the Day

Most often the alchemy that produces a poem or a work

of fiction is hidden within the work itself, if not embedded

in the coiling ridges of the mind. [. . .]

 

[. . .] Why do we write? [. . .]

Because we cannot simply live.

~ Patty Smith

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Quoted from Patti Smith, Devotion ("Why I Write Series"), 2016 Windham-Campbell Lecture (Yale University Press, 2017), pages 27, 93

 

 Patti Smith, Singer-Songwriter, Poet and Author, Painter, Photographer

 

 Windham-Campbell Prizes