This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Within each heart beats a fervent desire to be needed, desired, and celebrated.
Close that gate of thy heart by which others enters, for thy heart is My temple. Stand watchful over the closing, and remain in it, until thou meetest.
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Henri Nouwen, fully Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen
Prayer is standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart; that is, at that point of our being where there are no divisions or distinctions and where we are totally one. There God’s Spirit dwells and there the great encounter takes place. There heart speaks to heart, because there we stand before the face of the Lord, all-seeing, within us.
A man may seem to be silent, but if his heart is condemning others he is babbling ceaselessly. But there may be another who talks from morning till night and yet he is truly silent.
Maggie Ross, pen name for Martha Reeves
The pain that gives us self-knowledge, willingly sought and moved through, is at the heart of repentance of any kind. Pain is… the open space - one meaning of the ancient Hebrew word for salvation - the point of intersection and integration of our selves with one another and all the Creation.
Heart | Integration | Knowledge | Meaning | Pain | Repentance | Salvation | Self | Self-knowledge | Space |
The power we attain in the world of space terminates abruptly at the borderline of time. But time is the heart of existence… We cannot conquer time through space. We can only master time in time… We pass through time, we occupy space.
Sa’ib of Tabriz, aka Mirza Muhammad Ali Sa'ib, Saib Isfahani or Sa'ib Of Esfahan NULL
To quit this troubled world is better than to enter it: the rosebud enters the garden with straightened heart and departs smiling.
Shivananda, fully Swami Shivananda, born Tarak Nath Ghosal, aka Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Soul) NULL
Your own heart is your guru.
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What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.
Fulfillment | Heart | Life | Life |
Tired of humanity and its heritage laden with a tiny heart emptied of its contents, we wander each in his own way, purposeless and helpless.
Without faith a prayer has only form. Without faith a prayer has no heart or flame.