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"The entire universe is but one vast symbol of God."
— Thomas Carlysle
“Nature has her proper interest; and he will know
what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing
has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.” —
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what
is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-
Exupery
"Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is
reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon
and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the
grass." — Dogen
“One doesn't discover new lands without consenting
to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” —
Andre Gide
"Man can learn nothing except by going from the
known to the unknown." — Claude Bernard
“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” —
Margaret Drabble
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, /
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” — William
Shakespeare
— Thomas Carlysle
“Nature has her proper interest; and he will know
what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing
has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.” —
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what
is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-
Exupery
"Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is
reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon
and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the
grass." — Dogen
“One doesn't discover new lands without consenting
to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” —
Andre Gide
"Man can learn nothing except by going from the
known to the unknown." — Claude Bernard
“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” —
Margaret Drabble
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, /
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” — William
Shakespeare
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“In everything natural there is something marvelous.” — Aristotle
“Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.” – “Called or not called, the god will be there.” —
ancient Roman saying
“Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.” — Karl
Popper
“Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.” – “Called or not called, the god will be there.” —
ancient Roman saying
“Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.” — Karl
Popper
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“Even a small star shines in the darkness” — Finnish Proverb
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." — Aleksandr
Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
"There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them." —
Zora Neale Hurston
"If you look around and think the world is missing something, it is probably the gift you were
supposed to be bringing." — Julie Cuccia Watts
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all
the difference." — Robert Frost
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship is for.” — Thomas Aquinas
“While God waits for His temple to be built of love, / men bring stones.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as
though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert
Camus
“If you can shape it in your mind, you will find it in your life.” — found in a Chinese fortune
cookie.
“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” — Charlotte
Bronte
“Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own.” — Charles Dickens
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.” —Chinese proverb
"Two men look out, / From behind prison bars. / One sees mud, / The other sees stars." — Doug
Hooper
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be
felt with the heart." — Helen Keller
“Every decision you make is not a decision about what to do; it’s a decision about who you are.”
— from Neale Donald Walsch’s book Friendship with God
“Do not be who you thought you were; be who you wish you were.” — from Neale Donald
Walsch’s book Friendship with God
(I wasn’t sure whether to attribute the above two quotes to Walsch or to God,
so, as you can see, I compromised.)
“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find
peace.” — Albert Schweitzer
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination."
— Yeats
"Don't say that God is in your heart; say that you live in the heart of God." — Kahlil Gibran
"We are, each of us, angels with one wing and we can only fly by embracing one another." —
Lucian de Creszenza
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” —
Jonathan Swift
"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be." —
May Sarton
"I don't judge people--if you judge people, you don't have time to love them!" — Mother Teresa
(responding to a question about gays)
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." — Gerry Spence
"If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything." — Saul Bellow
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a
society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." — Albert Einstein
“Not a moment passes that isn’t spiritual practice.” — Dan Millman
“The highest wisdom is loving kindness.” — The Talmud
“The only thing worthy of you is compassion – invincible, limitless, unconditional. Hatred will
never let you face the beast in man.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.” — Blaise Pascal
"While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." — Leonardo da
Vinci
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all." — Aleksandr
Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
"There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them." —
Zora Neale Hurston
"If you look around and think the world is missing something, it is probably the gift you were
supposed to be bringing." — Julie Cuccia Watts
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all
the difference." — Robert Frost
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship is for.” — Thomas Aquinas
“While God waits for His temple to be built of love, / men bring stones.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as
though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert
Camus
“If you can shape it in your mind, you will find it in your life.” — found in a Chinese fortune
cookie.
“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” — Charlotte
Bronte
“Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own.” — Charles Dickens
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.” —Chinese proverb
"Two men look out, / From behind prison bars. / One sees mud, / The other sees stars." — Doug
Hooper
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be
felt with the heart." — Helen Keller
“Every decision you make is not a decision about what to do; it’s a decision about who you are.”
— from Neale Donald Walsch’s book Friendship with God
“Do not be who you thought you were; be who you wish you were.” — from Neale Donald
Walsch’s book Friendship with God
(I wasn’t sure whether to attribute the above two quotes to Walsch or to God,
so, as you can see, I compromised.)
“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find
peace.” — Albert Schweitzer
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa
"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination."
— Yeats
"Don't say that God is in your heart; say that you live in the heart of God." — Kahlil Gibran
"We are, each of us, angels with one wing and we can only fly by embracing one another." —
Lucian de Creszenza
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” —
Jonathan Swift
"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be." —
May Sarton
"I don't judge people--if you judge people, you don't have time to love them!" — Mother Teresa
(responding to a question about gays)
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." — Gerry Spence
"If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything." — Saul Bellow
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a
society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." — Albert Einstein
“Not a moment passes that isn’t spiritual practice.” — Dan Millman
“The highest wisdom is loving kindness.” — The Talmud
“The only thing worthy of you is compassion – invincible, limitless, unconditional. Hatred will
never let you face the beast in man.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
“We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.” — Blaise Pascal
"While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." — Leonardo da
Vinci
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“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts
away.” — Dorothy Parker
"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real." — Iris Murdoch
“And to be wroth with one we love / Doth work like madness in the brain.” — Samuel Taylor
Coleridge (Christabel, lines 413, 414)
“Love is always creative and fear is always destructive.” — Emmett Fox
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” — Ed
Cunningham
"We Hopis have lots of songs about water because it's so rare and precious in the desert. I notice
that your people sing about love all the time. Is it because it's so rare for your people?" — David
Monogye, Hopi snake priest
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other
everywhere." — Tim McGraw
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you
have forgotten the words." — unknown
"Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so." — David
Grayson
away.” — Dorothy Parker
"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real." — Iris Murdoch
“And to be wroth with one we love / Doth work like madness in the brain.” — Samuel Taylor
Coleridge (Christabel, lines 413, 414)
“Love is always creative and fear is always destructive.” — Emmett Fox
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” — Ed
Cunningham
"We Hopis have lots of songs about water because it's so rare and precious in the desert. I notice
that your people sing about love all the time. Is it because it's so rare for your people?" — David
Monogye, Hopi snake priest
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other
everywhere." — Tim McGraw
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you
have forgotten the words." — unknown
"Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so." — David
Grayson
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"The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear."
— Herbert Sebastian Agar
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” —
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." — Helen
Keller
"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way
with all his strength." — Hasidic Proverb
"We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are." — Anais Nin
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful that a life spent doing
nothing" — George Bernard Shaw
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." — Robert Heinlein
“Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application. Practice. What you
practice is what you manifest.” — Grace Speare
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay
“Destiny is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” —
William Jennings Bryan
“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of
experience.” — Henry Miller
“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.” — C.G. Jung
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” — A. Conan Doyle
"That which we despise in others is that which reminds us of ourselves" — Herman Hesse
“Don’t dwell on reality; it will only keep you from greatness.” — Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him
his own.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” — Helen Keller
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” — Beverly Sills
“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.” —
Antoine de Saint Exupery
“Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” — Confucius
"There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart
of a man and the form of a monster." — From Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince
de Beaumont.
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” — Yeats
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you
play it is free will." — Jawaharlal Nehru
“The most important transformation is one of consciousness.” — Mary Greer
“The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the
deepest root of all evil that is in the world.” — German physicist Max Born
“At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.” —
J. Robert Moskin
“He who thanks but with the lips / Thanks but in part; / The full, the true Thanksgiving / Comes
from the heart.” — J.A. Shedd
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter
words, but to live by them.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it's a different kind of life." —
buckminster fuller
"To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." – Swami Chinmayanandji
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
— Melody Beattie
"Recognize that the other person is you" — Buddhist proverb
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience? Why, that comes from bad judgment" —
Fred Brooks
"There are some secrets that we think we’re keeping, but those secrets are actually keeping us."
— Frank Warren
"That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything
happens for the best, which it assuredly does not." — James K. Geiblemen
"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be." — Abraham Lincoln
“The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.”
— Mark Twain
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. — Harriet
Beecher Stowe
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. — Confucius
“It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.” — Adalai Stevenson
— Herbert Sebastian Agar
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” —
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." — Helen
Keller
"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way
with all his strength." — Hasidic Proverb
"We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are." — Anais Nin
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful that a life spent doing
nothing" — George Bernard Shaw
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." — Robert Heinlein
“Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application. Practice. What you
practice is what you manifest.” — Grace Speare
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” — Alan Kay
“Destiny is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” —
William Jennings Bryan
“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of
experience.” — Henry Miller
“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.” — C.G. Jung
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” — A. Conan Doyle
"That which we despise in others is that which reminds us of ourselves" — Herman Hesse
“Don’t dwell on reality; it will only keep you from greatness.” — Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him
his own.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” — Helen Keller
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” — Beverly Sills
“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.” —
Antoine de Saint Exupery
“Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” — Confucius
"There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart
of a man and the form of a monster." — From Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince
de Beaumont.
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” — Yeats
"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you
play it is free will." — Jawaharlal Nehru
“The most important transformation is one of consciousness.” — Mary Greer
“The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the
deepest root of all evil that is in the world.” — German physicist Max Born
“At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.” —
J. Robert Moskin
“He who thanks but with the lips / Thanks but in part; / The full, the true Thanksgiving / Comes
from the heart.” — J.A. Shedd
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter
words, but to live by them.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it's a different kind of life." —
buckminster fuller
"To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." – Swami Chinmayanandji
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
— Melody Beattie
"Recognize that the other person is you" — Buddhist proverb
"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience? Why, that comes from bad judgment" —
Fred Brooks
"There are some secrets that we think we’re keeping, but those secrets are actually keeping us."
— Frank Warren
"That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything
happens for the best, which it assuredly does not." — James K. Geiblemen
"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be." — Abraham Lincoln
“The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.”
— Mark Twain
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. — Harriet
Beecher Stowe
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. — Confucius
“It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.” — Adalai Stevenson
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“No one wants advice — only corroboration.” — John Steinbeck
"Advice would be more acceptable if it didn't always conflict with our plans." — Anonymous
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." — Albert Einstein
"If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused." —
Walter Mondale
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to
imitate them." — James Baldwin
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” — Winston
Churchill
"Avoid arguments with a fool, it may be difficult to tell you two apart." — Unknown
“The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.” — unknown source
“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Catherine
Aird
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form
of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.” — Rita Mae
Brown
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." —
Charles Schultz
“When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn
they’re not it.” — Sun Magazine
“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.” — Lily Tomlin
“If you don’t learn from your mistakes, there’s no sense making them.” — Unknown
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice that it
always coincides with their own desires." — Susan B. Anthony
"The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance. It's know'n so many things that ain't
so." — 19th century humorist, Josh Billings.
"Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever." — Unknown
"Advice would be more acceptable if it didn't always conflict with our plans." — Anonymous
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." — Albert Einstein
"If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused." —
Walter Mondale
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to
imitate them." — James Baldwin
“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.” — Winston
Churchill
"Avoid arguments with a fool, it may be difficult to tell you two apart." — Unknown
“The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.” — unknown source
“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.” — Catherine
Aird
“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form
of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.” — Rita Mae
Brown
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." —
Charles Schultz
“When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn
they’re not it.” — Sun Magazine
“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.” — Lily Tomlin
“If you don’t learn from your mistakes, there’s no sense making them.” — Unknown
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice that it
always coincides with their own desires." — Susan B. Anthony
"The trouble with most folks isn't so much their ignorance. It's know'n so many things that ain't
so." — 19th century humorist, Josh Billings.
"Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever." — Unknown
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"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans." — Ronald Reagan
(Apparently, that’s is about it for Reagan’s legacy of wisdom)
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers
sanctify.” — Charlie Chaplin
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." — Thomas Paine
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the
president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“In a time of deception telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” — Doug Floyd
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." — Thomas Jefferson
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided
men.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If Jesus where here today, there is one thing he wouldn't be: A Christian — Mark Twain
"The United States was in no way founded as a Christian nation." — John Adams, during the
1797 signing of the Treaty of Triploi with Muslim leaders
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty
nor safety." — Benjamin Franklin
“If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of
liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.” — Carl Schurz
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those
attending too small a degree of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.” —
Carl Schurz
(I find it sadly interesting that when people use the above quote, they generally only
use the first sentence, omitting the vitally important second sentence.)
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans." — Ronald Reagan
(Apparently, that’s is about it for Reagan’s legacy of wisdom)
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers
sanctify.” — Charlie Chaplin
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." — Thomas Paine
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the
president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“In a time of deception telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” — Doug Floyd
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." — Thomas Jefferson
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided
men.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“If Jesus where here today, there is one thing he wouldn't be: A Christian — Mark Twain
"The United States was in no way founded as a Christian nation." — John Adams, during the
1797 signing of the Treaty of Triploi with Muslim leaders
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty
nor safety." — Benjamin Franklin
“If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of
liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.” — Carl Schurz
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those
attending too small a degree of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.” —
Carl Schurz
(I find it sadly interesting that when people use the above quote, they generally only
use the first sentence, omitting the vitally important second sentence.)
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It is in sleep that our truest beauty is most easily revealed.
Anger poisons the well of life from which we all drink.
The greatest magic is that which transforms the heart.
There are three types of effort: easy, difficult, and impossible. The easy ones teach us
appreciation and laughter. The difficult ones teach us patience and perseverance. The
impossible ones teach us humility, surrender, and spirituality.
One has to be very careful about seeing conspiracies, but one has to be naïve to think that
there are none.
In any quest for solitude, consider if you are trying to find something or if you are trying to
escape from something. The former is a journey of discovery; the latter is avoidance of it.
The lies we tell other people are nothing compared to the ones we tell ourselves.
An ideal of what a relationship should be is an admirable goal, but it is an unfortunate
expectation.
Anger poisons the well of life from which we all drink.
The greatest magic is that which transforms the heart.
There are three types of effort: easy, difficult, and impossible. The easy ones teach us
appreciation and laughter. The difficult ones teach us patience and perseverance. The
impossible ones teach us humility, surrender, and spirituality.
One has to be very careful about seeing conspiracies, but one has to be naïve to think that
there are none.
In any quest for solitude, consider if you are trying to find something or if you are trying to
escape from something. The former is a journey of discovery; the latter is avoidance of it.
The lies we tell other people are nothing compared to the ones we tell ourselves.
An ideal of what a relationship should be is an admirable goal, but it is an unfortunate
expectation.
