Eileen Caddy
Eileen Caddy is best known as one of the founders of the Findhorn Foundation community near the village of Findhorn on the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland. She was born Eileen Jessop in Alexandria, Egypt, on August 26, 1917, daughter of a director of Barclays Bank DCO. She married Squadron Leader Andrew Combe in 1939 and, following a divorce, subsequently married Squadron Leader Peter Caddy in 1957.
14 Quotes
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
— Eileen Caddy
Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .
— Eileen Caddy
Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.
— Eileen Caddy
Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level...
— Eileen Caddy
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
— Eileen Caddy
Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
— Eileen Caddy
A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.
— Eileen Caddy
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation.
— Eileen Caddy
Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
— Eileen Caddy
Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.
— Eileen Caddy
When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of all purpose: What a wonderful opportunity o start all over again, to turn over a new page.
— Eileen Caddy
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is to good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
— Eileen Caddy
Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words
— Eileen Caddy
The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work: then the faith and belief that it can work: then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief.
— Eileen Caddy