Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

About Corita Kent

Corita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), born Frances Elizabeth Kent and also known as Sister Mary Corita Kent, was an American artist, designer and educator, and former religious sister. Key themes in her work included Christianity and social justice. She was also a teacher at the Immaculate...

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Flowers grow out of dark moments.

One of the things Jesus did was to step aside from the organized religion of his time because it had become corrupt and bogged down with rules. Rules became more important than feeding the hungry.

That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.

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Energy and persistence conquer all things.

—Benjamin Franklin

Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

—Emma Goldman

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

—Hosea Ballou

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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

—Margaret Mead

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