Snips

Whose rules are we following now? The ones imposed by our parents? And whose rules were they following? Their parents? It goes back for many millennium and has nothing to do with us. Need there be rules at all? If we all were true to our "inner self" or our "higher self", rules would be unnecessary. We all have an ingrained sense of right and wrong, of what is loving and what is not, of what is "right" and what is not. It is time to return to trusting ourselves - to trusting that small inner voice, that sense of true joy and spontaneity. We need to free up our true selves by releasing them from the chains and rules of conduct that were imposed on us. We are trustworthy! We can follow our inner wisdom and it will always support us and guide us.
Marie T. Russell

I believe the first test of a truly great person is their humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of their own powers. But really great people have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them, but through them. And they see something divine in every other person.
John Ruskin

To reach the port of Heaven we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes