"Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity,....we shall harness...the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." -- Teilhard de Chardin
"This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain." -----Buddha
"Compassion is a far greater and nobler thing than pity. Pity has its roots in fear and carries a sense of arrogance and condescension, sometimes even a smug feeling of 'I'm glad it's not me.' As Stephen Levine says: 'When your fear touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion.' To train in compassion is to know that all beings are the same and suffer in similar ways, to honor all those who suffer, and to know that you are neither separate from nor superior to anyone." ---Sogyal Rinpoche
