Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“The manifold delightI learn to take in earthly thingscan never drive mefrom my love.For, in the nobility of creatures,in their beautyand in their usefulness,I will love God… This is why I bless God in my heartwithout ceasing for every earthly thing.And this is why God gave us a mouth –to praise Godwith inconceivable praisein commonContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 19th July”

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela, born on thisContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th July”

“Make it your daily disciplineto lay aside one little thing,a tiny fear, a simple preconception,a useless book, a piece of household clutter,a habit of avoidance, a bit of shame or guilt,a desire that distracts,even a good intention.What will be left is Life itself.” From The Sage’s Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for the Second HalfContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 17th July”

“Nothing can live in Love, and nothing can touch her except desire. The most secret name of Love is this touch, and this mode of working rises from Love itself. For Love is incessantly desiring, touching, and feeding on herself, while remaining totally perfect in herself. Love can live in all things. Love can liveContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 16th July”

“These days schoolchildren all learn about continental drift. One only has to look at a globe for half a minute to understand this theory, to see how South America might fit inside Africa’s curve, how Australia might have nestled next to India. But geophysicists are creating theories even more dramatic. The theory of the supercontinentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 15th July”

“The Celtic peoples held birds in high esteem, as the mouthpieces of Spirit. Their flight and calls were widely used in divination. The term “language of the birds” is used to mean the secret knowledge that runs beneath the web of words; it implies an almost magical intelligence that does not depend upon the helpContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 14th July”

“Life is a gift which we have not earned and for which we cannot pay. There is no necessity that there be a universe, no inevitability about a world moving towards life and then self-awareness. There might have been … nothing at all. Since we have not earned J. S. Bach – or friends orContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 13th July”

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison… If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose. If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 12th July”

“The great way isn’t difficult for those who are unattached to their preferences.Let go of longing and aversion, and everything will be perfectly clear.When you cling to a hairbreadth of distinction, heaven and earth are set apart.If you want to realize the truth, don’t be for or against.The struggle between good and evil is theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 11th July”

“When we speak of man, we have a conception of humanity as a whole, and before applying scientific methods to the investigation of his movement we must accept this as a physical fact. But can anyone doubt to-day that all the millions of individuals and all the innumerable types and characters constitute an entity, aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 10th July”