Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)

"Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also. "
— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Ignatius of Loyola (1491 -1556)

"Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God."
— St. Ignatius of Loyola

Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart. Edward Abbey

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama

John Gunther (1901 -1970)

"Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea." John Gunther

Margaret Thatcher

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher

Francis of Assisi (1181/82 - 1226)

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
Francis of Assisi