“It is not just nature that defies us. Human life is as overwhelming... If we spend time in it [the vast spaces of nature], they may help us to accept more graciously the great, unfathomable events that molest our lives and will inevitably return us to dust.” IfsLifeHumansMayHelpingLife IsSpaceAcceptingOur LivesEventsReturnDustHuman LifeOverwhelmingEnd TimesSpend TimeUnfathomable Author:Alain de Botton
“Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art. The art of sacred living means being a holy actor, acting from the soul rather than the ego. The soul is out of space and time and hence always available, an ever-present potential of our being. It is up to each of us to celebrate and to actualize our being and to turn each meal, conversation, outfit, letter, and so on, into art. Every mundane activity is an opportunity for full authentic self-expression. The soul is our artistic self, our capacity for transforming every dimension of our lives into art and theater.” MeanArtSoulSelfLife IsTurnsActorsOpportunitySpaceActingOur LivesExpressionHolyActivityConversationEgoCapacityLettersTheaterSacredAvailableCelebrateArtisticMealsDimensionsTime And SpaceTransformingMundaneSelf ExpressionAuthentic SelfArt LifeSacred Art Author:Gabrielle Roth
“The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts. When our hearts are filled with gratitude and our minds are brimming with enthusiasm, everyone we encounter leaves our space feeling a little bit lighter than when they entered it.” MindHeartLittlesFeelingsLife IsBitsSpaceOur LivesGratitudeLittle BitFilledEnthusiasmEncountersContributionWellbeingLighters Author:David Simon
“The sex that is presented to us in everyday culture feels strange to me; its images are fragments, lifeless, removed from normal experience. Real sex, the sex in our cells and in the space between our neurons, leaks out and gets into things and stains our vision and colors our lives.” FeelsRealCultureSexSpaceVisionOur LivesStrangeColorNormalEverydayCellsFragmentsStainsSpace BetweenLeaksLifelessNeurons Author:Sallie Tisdale
“I actually think that history has fed off the restlessness of cyber space, of kind of the frantic, segmented nature of the way we lead our lives. People want to be connected.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindSpaceOur LivesConnectedFedsRestlessnessCyberFrantic Author:Simon Schama
“I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully.” ThinkingWantGivingWritingTryingStillsPlayMomentsAbleSpaceOur LivesStudentsContemporaryClosestAestheticsTextbooksPoignantAvant GardeMoments In Our Lives Author:David Starkey
“I believe seeing earth a small blue ball in the vast dark ocean of space, gives you a new perspective on life and what is important. You can see how small we are as compared to the universe and how fragile our lives are.” GivingBelieveImportantEarthUniverseI BelieveDarkSpaceOur LivesSeeingPerspectiveOceanBallsBlueFragileNew Perspective Author:Anousheh Ansari
“If we can allow some space within our awareness and rest there, we can respect our troubling thoughts and emotions, allow them to come, and let them go. Our lives may be complicated on the outside, but we remain simple, easy, and open on the inside.” IfsMayEasySimpleSpaceEmotionOur LivesAwarenessComplicatedThoughts And Emotions Author:Tsoknyi Rinpoche
“What we call the 'world' and the 'universe' is only one frequency range in an infinite number sharing the same space. The interdimensional entities I write about are able to move between these frequencies or dimensions and manipulate our lives.” WorldWritingAbleMovingUniverseSpaceNumbersOur LivesInfiniteRangeDimensionsEntityManipulateFrequency Author:David Icke
“The fearsome blessing of that hard time continues to work itself out in my life in the same way we're told the universe is still hurtling through outer space under the impact of the great cosmic explosion.... I think grace sometimes explodes into our lives like that-sending our pain, terror, astonishment hurtling through inner space until by grace they become Orion, Cassiopeia, Polaris to give us our bearings, to bring us into something like full being at last.” ThinkingWayGivingStillsSometimesHardPainLastsUniverseSpaceGraceOur LivesBlessingImpactTerrorHard TimesCosmicExplosionsOuter SpaceAstonishmentOrion Author:Frederick Buechner
“I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the people you love something humble and nourishing, like soup and bread, like a story, like a hand holding another hand while you pray. We live in a world that values us for how fast we go, for how much we accomplish, for how much life we can pack into one day. But I'm coming to believe it's in the in-between spaces that our lives change, and that the real beauty lies there.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveRealStoriesHandsRunningLyingValuesSpaceOur LivesPrayingOne DayOffersTablesHumbleAccomplishBreadLife ChangingI Want YouPacksSoupReal BeautyHand Holding Author:Shauna Niequist