Bhrigu meditated and found that food Is Brahman. From food are born all creatures, By food they grow, and to food they return.
- Taittiriya Upanishad
__._,_.___If the perfection of generosity Were the alleviation of the world's poverty, Then since beings are still starving now In what manner did the previous Buddhas perfect it? The perfection of generosity is said to be The thought to give all beings everything, Together with the fruit of such a thought. Hence it is simply a state of mind.
- Santideva, "Bodhicaryavatara"
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This is our Lord's will...that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
- St. Julian of Norwich
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Let the crucifix be not only in my eyes and on my breast, but in my heart.
- St. Bernadette
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