A Quote by Freya Stark
I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the universe when offered.
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Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it. If we fail to do our share, but rather choose to rely on self-will and self-direction, we shall not only get no help from the graces bestowed on us, we shall actually make it impossible for further graces to be given.
Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away.
Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.
People may resist our advice, spurn our appeals, reject our suggestions, refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers.
That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!
The universe is alive and conscious, and it responds to our intent when we have our intimate relationship with the universe and see it not as separate but as our extended body.
People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good.
Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it?s often freedom from information, the chance to sit still, that feels like the ultimate prize. Stillness is not just an indulgence for those with enough resources ? it?s a necessity for anyone who wishes to gather less visible resources.
Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names.
The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought to America and made slaves, and then the name of the slave master was given, which we refuse, we reject that name today and refuse it. I never acknowledge it whatsoever.
Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble.
Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.
In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.
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