Quotes of the Week - June 17, 2008:
"I think that, in retrospect, I could have used a different rhetoric.
Phrases such as 'bring them on' or 'dead of alive' indicated to people
that I was, you know, not a man of peace." -- US President George
W Bush regrets being so hawkish over Iraq.
"The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."
-- US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after the court rules foreign
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in US
courts.
"He didn't like the nose" -- Courtroom sketch artist Janet
Hamlin on the response of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, after he saw a sketch of himself.
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In
this universe it is love that binds everything together. Love
is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Is
God a Man or a Woman ? The answer to this question is neither----
God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more
female than male, for he is contained in She. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Look
at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego
makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
O
Divine Spirit, do You see me here? May your starry hands shower
grace upon me-the strength to keep remembering You and the sorrow
to keep calling You, my only refuge and comfort. Blissful, oh
beautiful is your Divine World! Lift me to your world of a million
twinkling stars! Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Only
when goodness awakens within, will one's personality and actions
gain beauty and strength. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Serving
the world with love and cooperation, you will find your own
true Self. As you help those in need, selfishness will fall
away, and without even noticing you will find your own fulfillment. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
The
Divine is present in everyone, in all beings, in everything.
Like space it is everywhere, all pervading, all powerful, all
knowing. The Divine is the principle of Life, the inner light
of consciousness, and pure bliss-----. It is our very own Self. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
The
first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person
who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God.
God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is
God's favorite place. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
When
love overflows and is expressed through every word & deed,
we call it Compassion. That is the goal of religion. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
Mata
Amritanandamayi Devi: Indian Hindu guru known as Amma "Mother"
and the "hugging saint". Born 1953.
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