
"We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."--Dr.Albert Schweitzer
"Do not bring me your succeses; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me."--Anonymous
"Someday after we have mastered the air, the winds, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love.And then for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."--Teihard de Chardin
"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision."--Hellen Keller
"Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours."--Anonymous
"How quiet the forests would be if only the best birds sang."--Anonymous
"Men are four: He who knows and knows not that he knows. He is asleep; wake him...He who knows not and knows not that he knows not. He is a fool; shun him....He who knows not and knows that he knows not. He is a child; teach him...He who knows and knows that he knows. He is a king; follow him."--Chinese Proverb
"Most of us like people who just come out and say what they think-- unless they disagree with us."--Grit
"If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen."---Loretta Girzartis
"Love has been described as a three-ring circus: First comes the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, and after that the suffering."--Bob Phillips
"I cannot believe the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, responsible, and compassionate. It is above all to matter; to stand for something; to have made any difference that you lived at all." --Leo Rosten
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong.Because someday in life, you will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver
"It has always seemed strange to me," said Doc. "The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, egotism, and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the product of the second."--John Steinbeck
"Always watch your thoughts, they become words; Watch your words, they become actions; Watch your actions they become character; Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."---Anonymous
"We could choose to throw stones, trip over them, or build with them."---Anonymous
"Tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance proven character; and proven character, hope." --Romans 5:3-4
"When you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand, and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy, you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge."---St. Thomas Aquinas
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." --Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
"Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." --Chinese Proverb
"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." -- Martin Niemoelle
"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe." --Joanna Macy
"Though we travel the world to find the beautiful we must carry it within us or we find it not." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird." --Paul McCartney
"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." --Leo Rosten
"Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together." --Vista M. Kelly
"You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note." --Doug Floyd
"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness." --Margaret Atwood
"Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation." --Joshua Loth Liebman
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." --Barbara J. Winter
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." --Gandhi
"Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned." --Jane Elliot
"The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract." --Oliver Wendell Holmes
"You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law." --Lyn Beth Neylon, Human Rights USA director
"Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge, to make America what it ought to be." --Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on the night before his assassination
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." --Elie Wiesel
"We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." --Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is."--Albert Camus
"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." --Ziggy
"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror." --Ken Keys
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." --Mark Twain
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."--Robert Frost
"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."--Voltaire
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education." --Bertrand Russell
"In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer." --Albert Camus
"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." --Helen Keller
"The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough."--Bede Jarrett
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." --Albert Einstein
"Today, if you are not confused, you are just not thinking clearly."--U. Peter
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort." --Sydney Smith
"Self-esteem isn't built by wearing buttless chaps at an all-gay event straight people won't attend. It's bringing a male date to the company picnic. Pride isn't forged because you sit in the back of a convertible wearing a dress. It's earned when you don't let go of your boyfriend's hand, even when you see straight people coming. Self-respect doesn't come because you flash your tits to a drunk crowd. It comes from telling that nice lady sitting next to you on the plane the real reason why some young man hasn't snatched you up yet." --Columnist Michael Alvear