Kumbuka Celebration Quotes & Sayings

Faith is the measure to which we believe God is God. And faith is the measure to which we let God be God. — Jennie Allen

[T]he flower is made of non-flower elements. We can describe the flower as being full of everything. There is nothing that is not present in the flower. We see sunshine, we see the rain, we see clouds, we see the earth, and we also see time and space in the flower.
A flower, like everything else, is made entirely of non-flower elements. The whole cosmos has come together in order to help the flower manifest herself, The flower is full of everything except one thing: a separate self, a separate identity.
The flower cannot be by herself alone. The flower has to inter-be with the sunshine, the cloud and everything in the cosmos. If we understand being in terms of inter-being, then we are much closer to the truth. Inter-being is not being and it is not non-being. Inter-being means being empty of a separate identity, empty of a separate self, — Thich Nhat Hanh

Taking responsibility for yourself and your happiness gives a great freedom to children who have felt guilty and responsible for your unhappiness (which they always do). A child can never hope to balance the scales or repay the debt when a parent has sacrificed her life, her happiness, her fulfilment for the child or the family. Seeing a parent fully embrace life gives a child the permission to do the same, just as seeing a parent suffer indicates to the child that suffering is what life is all about. — Robin Norwood

Why do you weep? Have I taken anything of yours? Only what was mine did I take. — The Talmud

I am so happy that I am alive and can walk. — Etta James

Endeavor for greatness, venture for the sake of the heart. — Nadege Richards

I am neither I nor Other, both I and other ... — Frederick Franck

Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being. — Rumi

If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong. — Fetty Wap

For the human brain can become the best torture house of all those it has invented, established and used in a millions of years, in millions of lands, on millions of howling creatures. — Vladimir Nabokov

You know what they say the modern version of Pascal's Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in case one of them turns into God. — Greg Egan