day 2 - morning inspiration

“This phenomenal world will not remain in an unchanging condition even for a short while. Second after second it undergoes change and transformation.”!Abdu'l Bahá

“In a real sense all life is inter-related. All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly...”

“… I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the inter-related structure of reality.”Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”Nelson Mandela

“The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.”John Ruskin

“It is my hope... that you may search out your own imperfections and not think of the imperfections of anybody else. Strive with all your power to be free from imperfections...”`Abdu'l Bahá

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we have done something wonderful - that's what matters to me.”Steve Jobs

“The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood…”

“…We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”The Dalai Lama

“The highest righteousness of all is for blessed souls to take hold of the hands of the helpless and deliver them out of their ignorance and abasement and poverty, and with pure motives…to arise and energetically devote themselves to the service of the masses, forgetting their own worldly advantage and working only to serve the general good.”`Abdu'l-Baha

“Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.”John W. Gardner

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”Confucius

“Wish for others... what ye desire and long for, for yourself.”Mahabharata

“The second attribute of perfection is justice and impartiality... It means, in brief, to regard humanity as a single individual, and one's own self as a member of that corporeal form, and to know of a certainty that if pain or injury afflicts any member of that body, it must inevitably result in suffering for all the rest.”`Abdu'l-Baha

“Smooth Seas do not make skillful sailors” Proverb