"Questions are the creative acts of intelligence" — Joan Z. Borysenko
"Questions are the creative acts of intelligence"
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Joan Z. Borysenko
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19 Quotes by Joan Z. Borysenko
Joan Z. Borysenko has 19 quotes on this site.
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Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can…
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Everyday brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.
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Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love,…
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A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that…
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We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand,…
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Thank God for what doesn't need healing.
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Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other…
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Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth,…
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To nourish the soul means to become kinder, more compassionate, wiser, and more loving, often through the making of difficult…
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When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation…
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Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.
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If we don't forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
— Aristotle
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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
— Teresa of Avila
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
— Bernard Baruch
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself.…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long…
— Alfred Adler
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
— John Boehner
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