Healing Quotes - Page 27

• Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Spring, Flower

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

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• There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Health, Tears, Cry

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• As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say in a prayer. God can "handle" my unsuppressed rage. I may well find that my vindictive feelings need God's correction - but only by taking those feelings to God will I have the opportunity for correction and healing.

  Philip Yancey

  Jobs, Prayer, Book

  Philip Yancey (2010). “The Bible Jesus Read: Why the Old Testament Matters”, p.130, Harper Collins

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• Eating a meal with full awareness can be a powerful, enlightening, and healing experience.

  David Simon

  Powerful, Food, Meals

  David Simon, M.D. (1999). “Return to Wholeness: Embracing Body, Mind, and Spirit in the Face of Cancer”, Wiley

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• Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
  And every grin so merry draws one out.

  John Wolcot

  Doubt, Nails, Add

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

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• Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers.

  Pat Schneider

  Art, Communication, Writing

  Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press

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• A realization of the Presence of God is the most powerful healing agency known to the mind of man.

  Ernest Holmes

  Powerful, Men, Agency

  Ernest Holmes (2007). “The Science of the Mind”, p.132, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Only intimacy with the self will bring about true healing.

  Deepak Chopra

  Self, Intimacy, Self Will

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.18, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.

  Philip Yancey

  Hurt, People, Community

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• Chiropractic is a wonderful means of natural healing!

  Bob Hope

  Mean, Wonderful, Natural

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• My thoughts lead me in the direction of healing, prosperity, connection, and grace-filled experiences.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Grace, Connections, Prosperity

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• Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Teacher, Opportunity, People

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• So many people glorify and romanticize 'busy.' I do not. I value purpose. I believe in resting in reason and moving in passion. If you’re always busy/moving, you will miss important details. I like the mountain. Still, but when it moves, lands shift and earth quakes.

  Joseph Cook

  Believe, Moving, Passion

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• If you have breakouts, it can be really healing, it's a little bit stinky, but if you're not sleeping over at your boyfriend's, it's really effective

  Scarlett Johansson

  Sleep, Your Boyfriend, Littles

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• Many healings of other physical troubles have occurred in my clients after they started to integrate breathing practices into their lives. There is a simple but encompassing reason that may explain this. The human body is designed to discharge 70% of its toxins through breathing. Only a small percentage of toxins are discharged through sweat, defecation and urination. If your breathing is not operating at peak efficiency, you are not ridding yourself of toxins properly.

  Gay Hendricks

  Simple, Practice, Breathing

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• If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

  Ramakrishna

  Sea, Doe, Needs

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• Humans need fantasy in order to be human.

  Terry Pratchett

  Order, Needs, Fantasy

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• The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

  Mat Kearney

  Writing, Stories, Vulnerable

  Twitter post from Oct 3, 2010

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• Sometimes when we awaken from the bad dream of disowning ourselves, we think that the sojourn to self-discovery is a new one. But it is an ancient quest.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Dream, Thinking, Discovery

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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• Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Heart, Contentment, Embrace

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• Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.

  John C. Maxwell

  Impact, Want, Impress

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• Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.

  Ingrid Bengis

  Articulation, Mystical, Primitive

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• At home the great delight is to see the clover and grass now growing on places that were bare when we came. These small healings of the ground are my model accomplishment-everything else I do must aspire to that. While I was at that work the world gained with every move I made, and I harmed nothing.

  Wendell Berry

  Moving, Home, Accomplishment

  Wendell Berry (2012). “A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural”, p.43, Counterpoint Press

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• What is healing, but a shift in perspectives?

  Mark Doty

  Perspective

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• I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

  Richard Gere

  Regret, Everything Happens For A Reason, Life Is

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