Daily Zen - Monday, January 13

The ultimate measure of a man

is not where he stands in moments

of comfort and convenience, 

but where he stands at times 

of challenge and controversy.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Tuesday, July 2

We must develop and maintain

the capacity to forgive. He who is

devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love.

There is some good in the worst of us

and some evil in the best of us.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Monday, October 9

The ultimate measure of a man is

not where he stands in moments

of comfort and convenience, 

but where he stands at times

of challenge and controversy.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Wednesday, July 19

Darkness cannot 

drive out darkness;

only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; 

only love can do that.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 24

Faith is taking the first step

even when you don't see

the whole staircase.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Thursday, September 5

The ultimate measure of a man

is not where he stands in moments

of comfort and convenience, but

where he stands at times of 

challenge and controversy.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Daily Zen - Friday, February 1

We must develop and maintain 

the capacity to forgive. He who 

is devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love. 

There is some good in the worst of us, 

and some evil in the best of us.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Monday, January 21

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; 

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate; 

only love can do that.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Monday, May 28

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? 

Expediency asks the question, is it politic? 

Vanity asks the question, is it popular? 

But conscience asks the question, 

is it right? And there comes a time when 

one must take a position that is neither safe, 

nor politic, nor popular, but he must take 

it because conscience tells him it is right.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Wednesday, November 1

If you can't fly, then run.

If you can't run, then walk.

If you can't walk, then crawl.

But whatever you do, you have

to keep moving forward.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 14

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate;

only love can do that.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Tuesday, June 7

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive

is devoid of the power to love. 

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Monday, January 19

If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should 

sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven 

composed music, as Shakespeare wrote his plays.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 15

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

         ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Weekend Zen, January 19-20

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

              ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Daily Zen (Light Week) - Tuesday, December 18

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. 

               ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

A kind comment from my friend Andrea Lueken, the upcoming Christmas holiday, and the bittersweet celebrations of the lives of twenty first-graders in Newtown, CT this week have all inspired me. 

Each day from now until Christmas, we'll feature quotes about light: the light we have inside us, the light that shows the way, the unbearable lightness of being.

Thanks for reading.

Daily Zen - Thursday, October 4

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. 

                ~ Martin Luther King Jr.