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Sunday Inspiration: 1,000 Lives
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
—George R. R. Martin
Sunday Inspiration: Books
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
— Stephen King
Sunday Inspiration: The Best You Can
Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.
—Maya Angelou
Sunday Inspiration: Doing Unto Others
Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.
—Linus Pauling
Sunday Inspiration: Responsibility
There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
—J. K. Rowling
Sunday Inspiration: Wonder
Wonder signifies that the world is profounder, more all-embracing and mysterious than the logic of everyday reason had taught us to believe. The innermost meaning of wonder is fulfilled in a deepened sense of mystery. It does not end in doubt, but is the awakening of the knowledge that being, qua being, is mysterious and inconceivable.
—Joseph Pieper
Sunday Inspiration: The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among people,
To make music in the heart.
—Howard Thurman
Sunday Inspiration: Tears
“You tried to give us the slip once before and failed, Frodo,” [Pippin] said. “This time you have nearly succeeded, but you have failed again. It was not Sam, though, that gave you away this time, but Gandalf himself!”
“Yes,” said Gandalf; “for it will be better to ride back three together than one alone. Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-Earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
—J. R. R. Tolkien
Sunday Inspiration: Loving Others
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
—Thomas Merton
Sunday Inspiration: Reading
I’ve never known any trouble that an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.
—Charles de Secondate.
