“Life assumed for him a new form . . . it was no longer, as he had once been inclined to think, a mere empty routine — it was a treasure of inestimable value fraught with divine meanings. Gradually, the touch of modern cynicism that had at one time threatened to spoil his nature, dropped away from hi…”— Marie Corelli, amazon.com
“These moments — of being present and open to the cosmos and to humanity — are precious ones. It’s like a lightning bolt that comes down and brightens up everything. The lightning bolt doesn’t last for a minute, but oh for one breath — to see life, humanity, our own selves as perfectly one, whole, in…”— Omid Safi, onbeing.org
“Go, be your best self. Be your most beautiful self. Be your luminous self. Be your most generous self. Be your most radically loving self. And when you fall short of that — as we all do, as we all have — bounce back and return. And return again. There is a grace in this returning to your luminous se…”— Omid Safi, onbeing.org
“Unfurl your own story. It is true that we do have to wait to see “who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” Tell your own story — do it now. There is a power in owning your own story. If you don’t tell your own story, someone else will. And if you are willing to do the hard work of polishing the j…”— Omid Safi, onbeing.org