Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. Jack Kerouac, USA

We are each other’s business; we are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s magnitude and bond. Gwendolyn Brooks, USA

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. Anthony Rapp, USA

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement. J. Krishnamurti, India

We love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany

We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future. Amin Maalouf, Lebanon

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut, USA

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love. Anaïs Nin, France

You must never understand life, and then, it will be like a party. Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and... F. Scott Fitzgerald, USA

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates, Classical Greece

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. Henry Miller, USA

The days that make us happy make us wise. John Masefield, England

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Ezra Pound, USA

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. Janis Joplin, USA

Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions

The raft

Rev. Dirk Ficca, USA

(Submitted by The Art of Living Team)

The Buddhist image of a raft: a raft helps you get to the other shore. This is how I see religion.

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