Snips

If allowing fears to take hold can be so detrimental to our development, why do we let it happen? Why do fears take precedence over our inner knowledge? One reason is low self-esteem. We forget that we are divine beings with a divine inheritance who have direct access to all the help and guidance we need. We doubt our own ability to be in touch with our higher self, or that it even exists. We enfold ourselves in thoughts and feelings that disguise our true nature. The litany of self-effacement sounds something like, "I'm not good enough," "I'm not worthy," "I don't know how," "I can't..." When we lend energy to such thoughts, we feed our fears rather than the divine spark within and thus dull our senses to the messages we might otherwise receive.
Nancy C. Pohle & Ellen L. Selover

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize that nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you!
Lao Tzu

We must love them both - those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject. For both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in the finding of it.
St. Thomas Aquinas