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Thursday, November 5, 2026

“I gazed into my own heart;”

— Rumi, Divani Shamsi Tabriz (trans. R. A. Nicholson), in The Persian Mystics (1907) · Sufism · #peace · source

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

“There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it”

— Tao Te Ching, ch. 78 (trans. James Legge) · Taoism · #patience · source

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

“In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love”

— Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian 3 (trans. Shoghi Effendi) · Baha'i · #love · source

Monday, November 2, 2026

“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers.”

— Analects 7:21 (trans. James Legge) · Confucianism · #wisdom · source

Sunday, November 1, 2026

“God is the breath of all breath.”

— Kabir, Songs of Kabir I (trans. Rabindranath Tagore, 1915) · Bhakti (Kabir) · #peace · source

Saturday, October 31, 2026

“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”

— Luke 6:31 (KJV) · Christianity · #kindness · source

Friday, October 30, 2026

“Then verily along with trouble cometh ease. Verily along with trouble cometh ease.”

— Qur'an 94:5-6 (trans. J. M. Rodwell) · Islam · #hope · source

Thursday, October 29, 2026

“That which is hateful to thyself, do not do to thy neighbor. This is the whole law, and the rest is its commentary.”

— Hillel, Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a · Judaism · #kindness · source

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.”

— Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali 69 · Hinduism · #joy · source

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

“Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches”

— Dhammapada, verse 204 (trans. F. Max Müller) · Buddhism · #gratitude · source

Monday, October 26, 2026

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up”

— 1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV) · Christianity · #love · source

Sunday, October 25, 2026

“Be still, and know that I am God”

— Psalms 46:10 (KJV) · Judaism · #peace · source

Saturday, October 24, 2026

“Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other.”

— Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic 68 (trans. Shoghi Effendi) · Baha'i · #community · source

Friday, October 23, 2026

“love those men whom thy fate it is to live with; but love them truly.”

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations VI (trans. Meric Casaubon) · Stoicism · #love · source

Thursday, October 22, 2026

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer”

— Romans 12:12 (KJV) · Christianity · #hope · source

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent.”

— Tao Te Ching, ch. 33 (trans. James Legge) · Taoism · #wisdom · source

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

“Who is rich? He who is content with his lot.”

— Ben Zoma, Pirkei Avot 4:1 (from Hebraic Literature, 1901) · Judaism · #gratitude · source

Monday, October 19, 2026

“he who saveth a life, shall be as though he had saved all mankind alive.”

— Qur'an 5:32 (trans. J. M. Rodwell) · Islam · #kindness · source

Sunday, October 18, 2026

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought”

— Dhammapada, verse 1 (trans. F. Max Müller) · Buddhism · #wisdom · source

Saturday, October 17, 2026

“Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status”

— Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 349, Guru Nanak (trans. Sant Singh Khalsa) · Sikhism · #community · source

Friday, October 16, 2026

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith”

— Galatians 5:22 (KJV) · Christianity · #joy · source

Thursday, October 15, 2026

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

— Psalms 23:1 (KJV) · Judaism · #peace · source

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

“At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.”

— Analects 2:4 (trans. James Legge) · Confucianism · #perseverance · source

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

“My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart”

— Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic 1 (trans. Shoghi Effendi) · Baha'i · #kindness · source

Monday, October 12, 2026

“let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”

— James 1:19 (KJV) · Christianity · #wisdom · source

Sunday, October 11, 2026

“'Tis Love and the Lover that live to all Eternity;”

— Rumi, Divani Shamsi Tabriz (trans. R. A. Nicholson), in The Persian Mystics (1907) · Sufism · #love · source

Saturday, October 10, 2026

“Who gains wisdom? He who is willing to receive instruction from all sources.”

— Ben Zoma, Pirkei Avot 4:1 (from Hebraic Literature, 1901) · Judaism · #wisdom · source

Friday, October 9, 2026

“Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened.”

— Dhammapada, verse 183 (trans. F. Max Müller) · Buddhism · #wisdom · source

Thursday, October 8, 2026

“Never the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never;”

— Bhagavad Gita 2 (trans. Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial) · Hinduism · #courage · source

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

“He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines”

— Tao Te Ching, ch. 22 (trans. James Legge) · Taoism · #humility · source