quotes

“Some of the shells that wash up on the beach were once very beautiful. We don't know what kind of journey they had to take to get them in their fragile condition. The same is true for people. Be kind." Linda Gifford

"Each moment is a place you've never been." Mark Strand

“You always second guess yourself. Just think of all the time you'd save if you just trusted yourself.” Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005

“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.” Unknown

"When we put things off until some future — probably mythical — Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.” Peter McWilliams

“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is “Thank You”, that would suffice.” Meister Eckhart

“It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.” Robert Southey (1774-1843)

"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others." Clarence Day, writer, (1874-1935)

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

"What is it on the planet that needs doing, that I know something about and probably won't happen unless I take responsibility for it?" Buckminster Fuller

"Art is our one true global language. It knows no nation, it favors no race, and it acknowledges no class. It speaks to our need to reveal, heal, and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is possible." Richard Kamler,

“Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” Alex Noble

"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)

"When I was younger, there were things I was just too afraid to try. The really important thing as you get older is that you can do anything you want to." Mary Helen Washington

"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving..." Albert Einstein

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." Helen Keller

"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have." Lee Iacocca, automobile executive (1924- )

"The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid." Art Spander

“Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.” Caroline Schoeder

“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)

"Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go." Al Hirschfeld, 1903-2003

"Discipline is not torturing oneself for nothing--that's no discipline. The purpose of discipline is to obtain joy." Sri Sri Ravi Shankar