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1		"Dynamic psychology teaches that we can achieve inner health only through forgiveness – the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves." Joshua Loth Liebman Living Quotations for Christians (Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)

2		"The consciousness of humanity has been definitely expanded and the whole world at this time is thinking. This is a totally new phenomenon and a fresh experience in the life of the human mind." The Destiny of the Nations (Alice A. Bailey)

3		"We know from experience that the protective circle, the mandala, is the traditional antidote for chaotic states of mind." Collected Works (Carl Jung)

4		"In fact, at the time of greatest distress, in times of isolation, when one no longer knows how to move, then joy sets in, this 'nevertheless' that is invincible." Lectures on the I Ching: Constancy and Change (Richard Wilhelm)

5		"These are the colors which I tell you to paint with: faith in God, knowledge, reverence, kindness, fellowship, mildness, goodness, brotherly love, purity, sincerity, tranquility, fearlessness, cheerfulness, dignity and the whole band of colors which portray your soul and already raise up you that were cast down and level those that were lifted up, which cure your bruises and heal your wounds and arrange your tangled hair and wash your face and instruct your eyes and cleanse your heart." The Acts of John, Christian Apocrypha The Other Bible (Willis Barnstone, editor)

6		"I change me by understanding the Divine-I more fully – and then I see people more clearly." The Child Within Us Lives!, A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics (William Samuel)

7		"Every time you compassionately engage with another person, your reason for being on this world in honored and expressed." Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (James Finley)

8		"And I notice, that when the limit is approached or past, when the moment of surrender is reached, when the new gyre begins to stir, I am filled with excitement." William Butler Yeats, commenting on his poem 'The Second Coming' Myths To Live By (Joseph Campbell)

9		"The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace, the most brilliant lightning comes of the darkest clouds." Chateaubriand One Thousand Inspirational Things (Audrey Stone Morris, Compiler)

10		"Right human relations will come by a mutual recognition of mistakes, by sorrow for wrong action in the past, and by restitution, if possible. It will come when nations can be educated to appreciate the good qualities of other nations and to comprehend the part they play in the whole picture." The Externalization of the Hierarchy (Alice A. Bailey)

11		"The divine Light, out of generosity, never ceases to offer itself to the eyes of the mind, eyes which should seize upon it for it is always there, always divinely ready with the gift of itself." Pseudo-Dionysius, The Complete Works (John Farina, Editor-in-Chief)

12		"In fact, the desire for joy is inherently stronger than the fear of sadness." Thomas Aquinas, 'Summa Theologica', q. 35, a. 6 Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

13		"We're each part of something that's much bigger and better than what meets the eye, and if we keep that in mind, our hearts will be in the right place. Life will be all right, because its ups and downs will be seen as what they are – threads in a great fabric whose beauty depends on bright and dark colors." Spiritual Genius, The Mastery of Life's Meaning (Winifred Gallagher)

14		"Learn to commit your soul and the building of it to One who can keep it and build it as you never can." P. T. Forsyth Living Quotations for Christians (Sherwood Eliot Wirt and Kersten Beckstrom, editors)

15		"Awareness of my Sacred Origin has the power to uplift me to a serenity which no conflict or suffering can disturb. Yet to live in this awareness does not imply selfish placidity; it does not remove me from the anguish and effort of the common life. On the contrary, I am better equipped to stand up under the pressures and conflicts of daily existence. I feel stronger and wiser because I realize that our Eternal Origin originates each one of us uniquely." On Being Yourself, Reflections on Spirituality and Originality (Adrian VanKaam, C.S.Sp.)

16		"God believes in our butterfly, hopes for our butterfly, loves us as butterflies….God sees the destined saint." Heaven, The Heart's Deepest Longing (Peter Kreeft)

17		"Within all experiences, no matter how painful, lie spiritual insights." Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing (Caroline Myss)

18		"Sacredness goes back and back through history to prehistory to before history, before thought, before mind had ever thought of anything at all. So experiencing the greatness of the sacred world is recognizing the existence of that vast and primordial wisdom, which is reflected throughout phenomena. This wisdom is old and young at the same time, and it is never tarnished or diminished by the relative problems in the world." Shambhala (Chogyam Trungpa)

19		"Just as in me, a single human being, the darkness calls forth the helpful light, so does it also in the psychic life of a people." Modern Man in Search of a Soul (Carl Jung)

20		"Somehow it seems always that the spirit finds the proper means of education – a guru, a book, or crisis – when the life is amenable to change." Richard Roberts Tarot Revelations (Joseph Campbell & Richard Roberts)

21		"All the problems of the individual and of humanity have to do with a block in (and most important, may be resolved by) the flow of love/consciousness." Soul Centered Astrology, A Key to Your Expanding Self (Alan Oken)

22		"Steadily the unfolding purpose of our own souls (those 'angels of persistent and undying love') should gain fuller and deeper control over each of us, and this, at any personal cost and sacrifice, should be our steadfast aim. For this, in truth and sincerity, we should strive." Esoteric Psychology II (Alice A. Bailey)

23		"We must not only bring the earth's life into balance again but bring the human family together." Angels and Mortals, Their Co-Creative Power (Maria Parisen, compiler)

24		"The sickening and insane tragedies of this vast and ruthless cosmos are completely validated in the majesty of Being." Joseph Campbell, 'Hero With a Thousand Faces' A Passion for This Earth, Exploring a New Partnership of Man, Woman & Nature (Valerie Andrews)

25		"Even if someone has wronged you, consider carefully how you speak to them, for all souls are one." Miraculous Living (Rabbi Shoni Labowitz)