Tilden Edwards famous quotes

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For many years, I have kept in my office an ink drawing of two smiling figures with their arms around each other: Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, with the caption: "Jesus and Buddha must be very good friends." They are not the same, but they are friends, not enemies, and they are not indifferent to one another.
-- Tilden Edwards

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It is such an innocent, intuitively discerning mind that helps make the Eastern guru and the Desert Abba "master". Where intimate Source radiates among non-Christians then surely we must be dealing with the "other sheep" manifesting the cosmic Christ.
-- Tilden Edwards

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This mystical stream [contemplative prayer] is the Western bridge to Far Eastern spirituality.
-- Tilden Edwards

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â€¦for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.
You donâ€™t have to be part of a club to know Jesus. And you donâ€™tï»¿ have to be part of a scene to know Jesus. And you donâ€™t have to be perfect to know Jesus. You donâ€™t even have to be semi-perfect to know Jesus. You just have to be willing, and open, and honest.
If I'm not pointing people to Jesus then I'm wasting my life.
They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two peopleâ€™s egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but donâ€™t hurt the people close to you.
All that I have said up to now has merely been words. When people come to see me, I have to say something. But it is best not to speak about these matters too much. Better to begin practice without delay. I am like aÂ good friend inviting you to go somewhere. Do not hesitate, just get going. You won't regret it.
Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.
Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.
Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two.
If there is any way you can get colder than you do when you sleep in a bedding roll on the ground in a tent in southern Tunisia two hours before dawn, I don't know about it.
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

Tilden Edwards famous quotes

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