Eve Schell

“The “our” is so big, so immense when we do these things. The “our” includes the hydrogen atoms of our bodies that are fourteen billion years old; the carbon and other atoms in us that are five billion years old; the food we have eaten and the drink we have drunk that give us the energy to work; the ideas that have penetrated our minds and impregnated our imaginations; the language we learned to speak so many years ago; the beauty and the pain we have absorbed through our days on earth.”
― Matthew Fox, Creativity

“An example of what I mean can be found in a letter the psychologist Carl Rogers wrote about his work to theologian Paul Tillich. Rogers was very “secular” in his outlook until very near the end of his life, yet in this letter he confesses as follows: “I feel as though”
― Matthew Fox, Creativity

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. —George Bernard Shaw”
― Sharon L. Hicks, How Do You Grab a Naked Lady?: A Memoir

“You’re a beautiful island despite the waves of lovers coming and
leaving, strong enough to come to shore but unwilling
to stay. Eventually, you will be discovered by a king
who is traveling to find something he has
never known before. He will stay because this island will offer a
home to him. Fruitful love will be at his reach,
the most beautiful sunsets will meet his eyes,
and you will be bathed by the glory of the sun. Life’s a beach, and loving you will be much
more than life has to offer him.”
― Pierre Jeanty, Ashes of Her Love