Moments that Matter
Sometimes when we momentarily halt the hands of time and bear witness to remarkable milestones along our path, we turn ordinary moments to extraordinary points in time.
At these times, we share experiences of significance, shape meaning and mark occasions worthy of celebration. We honour ‘Moments that Matter’
“Children are the bridge to heaven.”
-Persian saying
“These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden. Let Thy rain fall upon them; let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy love. Let Thy breeze refresh them in order that they may be trained, grow and develop, and appear in the utmost beauty.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“The jewel of the sky is the sun, the jewel of the house is the child. “-Chinese saying
“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”-Dalai Lama
“O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.”-Abdu’l-Baha
“It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.”-Dalai Lama
"The soul is healed by being with children." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“O Friend, in the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love.”-Baha’u’llah “Live so when your children think of fairness
and integrity they think of you.”-Dalai Lama
“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”-Marianne Williamson
“I want you to to be happy… to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.” -Abdu’l-Baha
“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”-Deepak Chopra
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”-the Buddha
“Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.”‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.”-Jacob Abbot
“Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.”-E. Arnold
“Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart.”-Baha’u’llah
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of Heaven.”-Henry W. Beecher “
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”-M. Edelman
‘We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.”-Ralph Waldo
Emerson
“The most powerful teaching is not what you say or do to them, but your state of consciousness at home. That’s the very foundation for teaching your children. It has nothing to do with teaching, the foundation for transmitting consciousness is not even wanting to transmit consciousness to them, but to hold the space of presence as you interact with them at home.”-Eckhart Tolle
O God! These children are pearls, cause them to be nurtured within the shell of Thy loving-kindness. -Abdu’l-Bahá
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”-Aldous Huxley
“Education in the true sense is helping the individual to be mature and free, to flower greatly in love and goodness. That is what we should be interested in, and not in shaping the child according to some idealistic pattern.”- Krishnamurti
“Rain a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”-Proverbs 22:6
“O God! Protect these children, graciously assist them to be educated and enable them to render service to the world of humanity.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“It is no small thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”-Charles Dickens
“The littlest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts.”-unknown “
These lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of Thy might and the wondrous signs of Thy greatness.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”-unknown
“Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.You are the bows from which your childrenas living arrows are sent forth.The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.”-Khalil Gibran
“These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden. Let Thy rain fall upon them; let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy love. Let Thy breeze refresh them in order that they may be trained, grow and develop, and appear in the utmost beauty.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“The jewel of the sky is the sun, the jewel of the house is the child. “-Chinese saying
“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”-Dalai Lama
“O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.”-Abdu’l-Baha
“It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.”-Dalai Lama
"The soul is healed by being with children." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“O Friend, in the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love.”-Baha’u’llah
“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”-Marianne Williamson
“I want you to to be happy… to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.” -Abdu’l-Baha
“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”-Deepak Chopra
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”-the Buddha
“Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.”‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.”-Jacob Abbot
“Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.”-E. Arnold
“Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart.”-Baha’u’llah
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of Heaven.”-Henry W. Beecher
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”-M. Edelman
‘We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.”-Ralph Waldo
Emerson
“The most powerful teaching is not what you say or do to them, but your state of consciousness at home. That’s the very foundation for teaching your children. It has nothing to do with teaching, the foundation for transmitting consciousness is not even wanting to transmit consciousness to them, but to hold the space of presence as you interact with them at home.”-Eckhart Tolle
O God! These children are pearls, cause them to be nurtured within the shell of Thy loving-kindness. -Abdu’l-Bahá
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”-Aldous Huxley
“Education in the true sense is helping the individual to be mature and free, to flower greatly in love and goodness. That is what we should be interested in, and not in shaping the child according to some idealistic pattern.”- Krishnamurti
“Rain a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”-Proverbs 22:6
“O God! Protect these children, graciously assist them to be educated and enable them to render service to the world of humanity.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“It is no small thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”-Charles Dickens
“The littlest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts.”-unknown
These lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of Thy might and the wondrous signs of Thy greatness.”-Abdu’l-Bahá
“Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”-unknown
“Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.You are the bows from which your childrenas living arrows are sent forth.The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.”-Khalil Gibran
