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~ Faculty 11 ~ The Agent ~

Be still! Encircle the sensation, become the potential.

Be: B.lissful E.ssenceStill: S.ilence T.ranquility I.nvokes L.ucid L.iability

To transition the law of reciprocity, we study the works of:

*Ralph Waldo Emerson*

*Lao Te Tsu* *Thomas Merton*

*Rosa Parks*

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~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Born May 25, 1803, Died April 27, 1882American transcendentalist essayist, poet and lecturer

Always do what you are afraid to do.

As a cure for worrying, work isbetter than whiskey.

Beauty without grace is thehook without the bait.

Every man supposes himselfnot to be fully understood or

appreciated.

Fear defeats more people than anyother one thing in the world.

For every minute you remainangry, you give up sixty secondsof peace of mind.

Great men or men of greatgifts you shall easily find, butsymmetrical men never. Hitch your wagon to a star.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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~Lao Te Tsu~

Lived during the Zhou dynastyMystic philosopher of ancient China

A good traveler has no fixed plans,and is not intent on arriving.

Being deeply loved by someonegives you strength, while lovingsomeone deeply gives you courage.

Govern a great nation as youwould cook a small fish. Do notoverdo it.

He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself isenlightened.

He who knows, does not speak.He who speaks, does not know.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. Thesethree are your greatest treasures.

Ifyou realize that all thingschange, there is nothing you willtry to hold on to. If you are notafraid of dying, there is nothingyou cannot achieve.

Thejourney of a thousandmiles begins with one step.

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~Thomas Merton~

Born January 31, 1915, Died December 10, 1968Anglo-American Catholic writer

Love is our true destiny. Wedo not find the meaning oflife by ourselves alone-wefind it with another.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Thebeginning of love is tolet those we love be perfectlythemselves, and not to twistthem to fit our own image.Otherwise we love only thereflection of ourselves wefind in them.

The very contradictions inmy life are in some wayssigns of God's mercy to me.

The whole idea of

compassion is based on akeen awareness of theinterdependence of all theseliving beings, which are allpart of one another, and allinvolved in one another.

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being.As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they

have - for their usefulness.

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~Rosa Parks~

Born February 4, 1913, Died October 24, 2005African-American civil rights activist

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other peoplewould be also free.

Whatever myindividual desires wereto be free, I was not

alone. There were manyothers who felt thesame way.

I have learned over theyears that when one'smind is made up, this

diminishes fear; knowingwhat must be done doesaway with fear.