“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”

– Alan Cohen

“Godly behavior is not so much rule-keeping as it is relationship-keeping”

– Ron Bruner

"Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve."

— Earl Grollman

“When you rest, you catch your breath and it holds you up, like water wings…”

— Anne Lamott

“Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame.”

– Brene Brown

“God is here. We are loved. It is enough.”

― Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

“All twenty-four hours today are a total gift. And so, the only real prayer is to say ‘Thank you!’ and to keep saying it.”

– Richard Rohr

“Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends.”

– Henri Nouwen

“Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.”

— Richard Rohr

“One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.”

– Frederick Buechner

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

– Margaret J Wheatley

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

– Mother Teresa

“The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see”

– Barry Neil Kaufman

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives”

– Annie Dillard

“All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we're giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That's one of the things that connects us as neighbors—in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.”

– Fred Rogers

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

– Nelson Mandela

“In every community, there is work to be done.

In every nation, there are wounds to heal.

In every heart, there is the power to do it.”

― Marianne Williamson

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”

— Mother Teresa