“The voice of wisdom is inherent within us and willing to guide us when we stop to listen. Of course, there are times when we feel we've been still as stone, and the still, small voice is still too quiet to hear. When this happens, the challenge is to practice quieting your mind anyway. Stopping and asking, quieting and listening, trusting and waiting. Waiting is difficult but worth the effort because a quiet, uncluttered mind is a natural antenna for whispers of wisdom from within.” FeelsMindStillsWisdomHappensCoursesWaitingDifficultVoiceNaturalChallengesEffortPracticeWillingListeningQuietStonesAskingGuidesInherentStoppingSmall VoiceAntenna Book:The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart Source: The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart
“See thou, whatsoever be thy name -- whether Fate, Life, or Devil! I cast thee down my gauntlet, I challenge thee to battle! Men of faint heart may bow before thy mysterious power, thy face of stone may inspire them with dread, in thy unbroken silence they may discern the birth of calamity and an impending avalanche of woe. But I am daring and strong, and I challenge thee to battle! Let us draw our swords, and join our bucklers, and rain such blows upon each other's crests as shall cause the very earth to shake again! Ha! Come forth and fight with me!” MenHeartMayEarthFacesFightingNamesStrongCausesChallengesSilenceFateInspireBirthBattleDrawsDevilRainStonesCastsBlowMysteriousTheeShakesDaringBowsDreadWoeCalamityUnbrokenAvalanchesGauntlet Author:Leonid Andreyev
“I could stay making nice safe BBC movies for the rest of my life, so I decided to risk it. It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.” ChallengesNiceRiskSafeStonesDecidedRisk It Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.” PeopleIfsWayInspirationalChallengesBusinessAcceptingStonesDeedsApologyGood DeedsProposeTranscendentalismDeeds Done Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.” SpiritEvilChallengesDarknessStonesEmptyEdgesAppearanceYou ChooseDisguiseFear NotCloaksDismayed Author:Richard Bach
“She's like a prisoner inside stone walls, and every day the walls get a little thicker, the doorways a little narrower.” WellsLittlesSaidChallengesWallStonesPrisonerDoorwaysWell SaidAttoliaStone Walls Author:Megan Whalen Turner