This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Shantananda Saraswathi, fully Swami Shantananda Saraswathi, born Chandrashekar
Different religions are only signposts. In all religions the basic tenets are joy and compassion.
Compassion | Joy | Tenets | Wisdom |
Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain.
Symeon the New Theologian, fully Saint Symeon the New Theologian NULL
When a man walks into the sea up to his knees or waist, he can see the water all around him. But when he dives into the water, he can no longer see anything outside, and he knows only that his whole body is in the water. This is what happens to those who plunge into the vision of God.
Robert Louis Stevenson, fully Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasure activity.
Aspiration | Fortune | Joy | Pleasure | Wisdom | Aspiration |
Victor Weisskopf, fully Victor "Viki" Frederick Weisskopf
Science is an important part of the humanities because it is based on an essential human trait: curiosity about the how and why of our environment. We must foster wonder, joy of insight.
Curiosity | Important | Insight | Joy | Science | Wisdom | Wonder |