Spiritual Quote of the Day (Thomas a Kempis, on ‘A Peaceful Man’)

“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. A peaceful man does more good than a learned man. Whereas a passionate man turns even good to evil and is quick to believe evil, the peaceful man, being good himself, turns all things to good.”— German mystic and ecclesiastic Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), Imitation of Christ (ca. 1418-1427)

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Karen Armstrong, on Serenity Vs. ‘The Nervous Craving to Promote Yourself’)

“Once you gave up the nervous craving to promote yourself, denigrate others, draw attention to your unique and special qualities, and ensure that you were first in the pecking order, you experienced an immense peace.”— British religion scholar Karen Armstrong, The Case for God (2009)

Quote of the Day (Dorothy Parker, on Calm and the Storm)

“They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.”—U.S. poet and wit Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), “Fair Weather,” Sunset Gun (1928)