Peter Parr > Peter's Quotes

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
― Howard Thurman

“What matters is not what we do, or to whom we give. What matters is that we let our lives be guided by Love.”
― Peter M Parr

“Joy is peace dancing. Peace is joy at rest.”
― Frederick Brotherton Meyer

“There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies.”
― Simone Weil

“Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center…Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is triumphant. It is radiant. It takes no time, but it occupies all our time. And it makes our life programs new and overcoming. We need not get frantic. He is at the helm. And when our little day is done we lie down quietly in peace, for all is well.”
― Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion: Five Quaker Essays on Finding Inner Peace Through God's Presence and Simplification

“Our surface potentialities are for selfishness and greed, for tooth and claw. But deep within, in the whispers of the heart, is the surging call of the Eternal Christ, hidden within us all. By an inner isthmus we are connected with the mainland of the Eternal Love. Surface living has brought on the world’s tragedy. Deeper living leads us to the Eternal Christ, hidden in us all. Absolute loyalty to this inner Christ is the only hope of a new humanity. In the clamour and din of the day, the press of Eternity’s warm love still whispers in each of us, as our truest selves. Attend to the Eternal that he may recreate you and sow you deep into the furrows of the world’s suffering.”
― Thomas R. Kelly, The Eternal Promise: A Sequel to a Testament of Devotion

“You’re an immortal, divine being. A little god, and yet, you toil like a slave. Isn’t that hilarious?”
― Stefan Emunds, The Second Coming of Jesus Christ - A Short Story

“Use your time wisely, so that when you look back towards the end of your days you will smile at a life well-lived. Let not your song remain unsung. Do not hold back from sharing your love with the world for fear of lack or thought of a rainy day. If Love calls you, answer.”
― Peter M Parr

“The most important consideration is not the right action in itself but a right inward state out off which right action will arise. Given the right inward state, right action is inevitable.”
― Howard Brinton