Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

"REFLECTIONS OF A MIRRORBeautiful is he who recognizes what is truly beautiful,Even if the surface is ugly. Truthful is he who says what is true,Even if the truth is ugly. Ugly is he who measures beauty by its exterior,Without first weighing the interior. And ugly is the man who judges harshly what he sees looking out,Without first judging what he sees in the mirror."

"Never look back. The past is done. The future is a blank canvas. Work on creating a masterpiece. Only you have the power to make your painting beautiful."

"Why do people fear hell so much? With so much hatred and division amongst mankind, we are already in it."

"We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right."

"Rights can be considered wrongs, depending on who is judging."

"The world is going to turn upside down in a way that the honest man will live uncomfortably -- while the dishonest man will live very comfortably. Pay attention to the windows of the Four Seasons next time you stroll by their dining room. You will find thugs and hustlers of every creed living like true kings and queens."

"The Creator favors the man who LOVES over the man who HATES. If you teach hatred to your children, one day your child will have that hatred reflected back onto them and onto YOU."

"You cannot change someone using fear, degradation, humiliation, or by comparing them to others. It can only be done through love, with love, for love."

"When we continue to hate, we continue to lose. When we amplify mutual respect and love, we have a lot to gain. Quite simply, there is more for us to gain through love than hate."

"Thought before word. Never word before thought."

"We are the flowers that make up the Creator's vast and beautiful garden."

"Man is only a forgetful mortal, but God — He sees, hears and remembers everything."

"Truth recognizes truth, just as a man with real talent is the first to recognize another with real talent. Likewise, superficiality attracts others with an artificial surface. Only the superficial applaud the superficial. A man of true substance rejects the superficial because he seeks only truth and depth. Based on this reasoning, you can easily measure the weight of any man's character just by observing who he admires."

"We were created with more than five senses. Apart from the basic five, we also have the gut and the third eye. The gut being the seat of all feeling, and the third eye being the seat of intuition (foresight)."

"Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone."

"Language is a serious weapon in shining and sharing Truth. It is also a serious weapon used in its distortion."

"We are taught to believe that the ‘alienation’ that we experience sometimes, when we withdraw from everything or feel alone, is a craving for something sexual, material, or in the physical - and can be cured by popping a pill in most cases. When in Truth, it’s the circuitry within our souls and minds that is hinting to be connected - to real flowing energy - outside of our TVs and computer monitors. What many of us mistaken for depression is actually a need to be understood, or to see desires come to fruition. There is absolutely nothing abnormal about feeling disconnected. Your sensitivity only means you are more human than most. If you cry, you are alive. I’d be more worried if you didn’t."

"When you go against the flow of nature and betray the spiritual laws existing within, there will always be a negative reaction."

"No cause occurs without effect, and no effect occurs without cause. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe."

"Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through."