Inspiring Quotations: “From dust I arise”

From dust I rise,    And out of nothing now awake;These brighter regions which salute mine eyes,    A gift from God I take.The earth, the seas, the light, the day, the skies,The sun and stars are mine if those I prize. This comes from Thomas Traherne's wonderful poem 'The Salutation' which I have posted about in …

Inspiring Quotations: A door opens in the centre of our being

A door opens in the center of our being and we seem to fall through it into immense depths which, although they are infinite, are all accessible to us; all eternity seems to have become ours in this one placid and breathless contact. God touches us with a touch that is emptiness and empties us. …