Signposts » South http://signposts.cowpi.com Words pointing… Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:22:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The reward for conformity… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-reward-for-conformity http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-reward-for-conformity#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:09:55 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-reward-for-conformity The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.

— Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy  <link>

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Richard Brookhiser  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/men-want-three-things/feed 0 The invariable mark of wisdom is… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-invariable-mark-of-wisdom-is http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-invariable-mark-of-wisdom-is#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:05:58 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-invariable-mark-of-wisdom-is The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-invariable-mark-of-wisdom-is/feed 0 We sometimes prefer the shallow water… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-sometimes-prefer-the-shallow-water http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-sometimes-prefer-the-shallow-water#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:58:13 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-sometimes-prefer-the-shallow-water In our spiritual life we sometimes prefer the shallow water where we can enjoy the experience and feel safe. But while that is good, we need also to launch out into the deep water with all the risks that are involved. That’s where the big fish are—the ones worth catching.

— John Williamson  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-sometimes-prefer-the-shallow-water/feed 0 Every man who delights in… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/every-man-who-delights-in http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/every-man-who-delights-in#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:47:40 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/every-man-who-delights-in Every man who delights in uttering a multitude of words, even though he says admirable things, is empty within. If you love truth, be a lover of silence. In the beginning we have to force ourselves to be quiet. But then there is born something that draws us to it.

— Isaac of Nineveh  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/every-man-who-delights-in/feed 0 Solitude is the furnace of transformation… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/solitude-is-the-furnace-of-transformation http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/solitude-is-the-furnace-of-transformation#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:45:59 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/solitude-is-the-furnace-of-transformation Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.

— Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/solitude-is-the-furnace-of-transformation/feed 0 Perfection is not achieved when… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/perfection-is-not-achieved-when http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/perfection-is-not-achieved-when#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:23:20 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/perfection-is-not-achieved-when Perfection is not achieved when there is nothing left to add, but when nothing remains to be taken away.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/perfection-is-not-achieved-when/feed 0 The tyranny of man… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-tyranny-of-man http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-tyranny-of-man#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:07:36 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-tyranny-of-man The tyranny of man over man is but the external expression of each man’s enslavement to his own desires. For who is the slave of his own desires necessarily exploits others in order to pay tribute to the tyrant within himself.

— Thomas Merton, The Inner Experience  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/the-tyranny-of-man/feed 0 We live as… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-live-as http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-live-as#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:00:44 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-live-as We live as we dream—alone.

— Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/we-live-as/feed 0 Advice from a River http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/advice-from-a-river http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/advice-from-a-river#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:30:31 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/advice-from-a-river Advice from a River

Go with the flow.
Immerse yourself in nature.
Slow down and meander.
Go around the obstacles .
Be thoughtful of those downstream.
Stay current.
The beauty is in the journey.

— Ilan Shamir , seen on a t-shirt/poster  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/advice-from-a-river/feed 0 Rivers know this… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/rivers-know-this http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/rivers-know-this#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:00:06 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/rivers-know-this Rivers know this: there is no hurry.
We shall get there some day.

— Joan Powers, Pooh’s Little Instruction Book  <link>

]]> http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/rivers-know-this/feed 0 Once you have tapped your inner self… http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/once-you-have-tapped-your-inner-self http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/once-you-have-tapped-your-inner-self#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:35 +0000 CowPi http://signposts.cowpi.com/south/once-you-have-tapped-your-inner-self Once you have tapped your inner self,
the one has made contact with the One sitting inside;
you have met with God.
Then what kind of fear can exist?
What is there to be fearful about,
and what worries are left to encounter?
When you go within, you become still, you become peaceful.
All the waves, those generate within you;
they all originate at the level of your mind.
They all come to a stop.
There is a light within you, and you are also a light.
Both lights assimilate into one.

— Kabir [via]  <link>

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