"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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6/30/16

Stephen Hawking Quotes



"It is the past that tells us who we are. Without it, we lose our identity." ~Stephen Hawking

“Mankind is in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity." ~Stephen Hawking

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
It matters that you don’t just give up.” ~Stephen Hawking

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." ~Stephen Hawking

“The message of this lecture is that black holes ain’t as black as they are painted. They are not the eternal prisons they were once thought.” ~Stephen Hawking

“Things can get out of a black hole both on the outside and possibly to another universe. So if you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up – there’s a way out…” ~Stephen Hawking

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Peggy Rometo - feel the earth

"As you allow your body to relax and you feel the earth beneath your feet, feel yourself beginning to understand that you have all the answers within." ~Peggy Rometo

6/29/16

Rob Bell Quotes


"Opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams… that is being naked.” ~Rob Bell

"That breath that you just took... that's a gift." ~Rob Bell

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Christie Joyner - God gives you favour

"When God decides to bless you, He will cause situations to come together in your favour ... no matter what others try to do." ~Christie Joyner

Quotes from Bright Me dot com


A bad craftsman never made a perfect vase.

A frog in a well does not know the greatness of the sea.

A husband and wife should be similar to a hand and an eye: when one’s hand hurts, the eyes cry; and when the eyes cry, the hand wipes away one’s tears.

A long journey always begins with a short one.

Always make way for fools and madmen.

As soon as stones can swim, leaves will sink.

Ask a question and you feel shame for a moment. Not asking and not knowing means you will feel shame for your whole life.

Beautiful flowers do not bear good fruit.

Check seven times before ever doubting someone.

Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; what is intolerable is a cold gaze and harsh words.

Do everything that you can and leave the rest to fate.

Do not hold back that which is departing; do not chase away that which is arriving.

Even if a sword is only required once in a lifetime, it should be worn all the time.

Even monkeys can fall from their trees.

Fast means going slowly without interruption.

Excessive honesty often borders on stupidity.

Fortune will always come in to a house with laughter.

Grief, like a torn dress, should always be left at home.

Having taken the time to think, venture to act. Once you’ve done so, stop thinking.

He who drinks does not know the dangers of wine; he who doesn’t drink does not know its benefits.

He who endures for just half an hour longer than his opponent can achieve victory.

He who strongly desires to rise up will think of a way to build a ladder.

If a problem can be solved, then it’s not worth worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, then it’s useless to worry about it.

If a woman wants something, she’ll climb a mountain to get it.

If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub.

If you decide to set off on your own journey, you’ll find yourself alone for a thousand kilometers.

If you want to paint a branch, you have to hear the breath of the wind.

It is better to be the enemy of a good person than the friend of a bad one.

No one has ever stumbled whilst lying in bed.

The deepest rivers flow in silence.

The earth always hardens after the rain.

The sun does not know who is right or who is wrong. It shines without purpose and provides warmth to all.

There has never been a great individual who did not have ordinary people at their side.

When one is in love, even the scars left by smallpox are as beautiful as dimples on a person’s cheeks.

Source: Bright Me dot com

6/24/16

Fidel Castro Quotes


"I speak for the children of the world who don't even have a piece of bread. I speak for sick who don't have medicine." ~Fidel Castro, United Nations, 1979

"Men do not shape destiny.  Destiny   produces the man for the hour." ~Fidel Castro 

"Revolution is not a bed of roses.” ~Fidel Castro

"There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live for thirty-five years, so that others can live for seventy years? Why should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich? I speak on behalf of the children in the world who do not have a piece of bread. I speak on the behalf of the sick who have no medicine, of those whose rights to life and human dignity have been denied." ~Fidel Castro's message to the UN General Assembly, 1979

"You imprison the poor wretch who steals because he is hungry; but none of the hundreds who steal millions from the Government has ever spent a night in jail." ~Fidel Castro

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Dave Willis Quotes


"A strong marriage requires two people who choose to love each other even on days when they struggle to like each other." ~Dave Willis

“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” ~Dave Willis

"Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting." ~Dave Willis

"Show respect even to people who don't deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours." ~Dave Willis

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Edie Cantor - scenery



“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast--you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” ~Edie Cantor

Leonard Church - great love

"A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but it's just outta your reach, it can be all that you think about. And you can focus on it and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient, and you hold still, well maybe, just maybe, it'll come to you." ~Leonard Church

6/22/16

Quotes on HARMONY


"A world without conflict, just harmony – that’s what my biggest wish would be." ~Richard Branson

"A woman who is in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself." ~Maya Angelou

"Be in harmony with the nature of things." ~Seng Tsan

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity — I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly." ~Plato from THE REPUBLIC

"Do not give your attention to things that don't allow you to vibrate in harmony with who you are." ~from REALM of Love

"Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody." ~Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony." ~ Thomas Merton

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay." ~Sallust

"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open." ~B.K.S. Iyengar

"‪How beauty is ephemeral in this transitory life we live until the Lord comes and beauty and joy and harmony becomes eternal." ~Romeo Balicongan‬

"I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony." ~Gustave Flaubert

"If man can do something awesome, have we considered how God has put order and beauty in the harmony of Creation and the Universe? With the billions of stars and galaxies the heavenly bodies follow a wonderful order. Praise the Lord of the Universe." ~Bro Joe Rona

"If we could but recognize our common humanity, that we do belong together, that our destinies are bound up in one another's, that we can be free only together, that we can be human only together, then a glorious world would come into being where all of us lived harmoniously together as members of one family, the human family." ~Desmond Tutu

"If we keep everything in balance, we are in harmony with ourselves and are at peace." ~Fools Crow, LAKOTA

"In all our relationships, may we seek to preserve harmony and principle in the spirit of love." ~David McCasland

"In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

"In the midst of conflict, be friendly and harmonious. If they rip apart your clothes, sew the pieces back together again." ~Rumi

"In your garden of thought, cultivate harmony." ~Anon

"It's great to share similarities, we have to respect others and understand their way of thinking, to live in harmony. Just living together is not enough." ~Motoi Tauchi

"It's important to take time out to nurture you, and bring yourself back into balance... connect to all levels of self; mind, body and soul, and ensure that what needs your attention is brought back into harmony once more." ~ The Ruby Getaway, FB

"Nature is a living example of how communities live in harmony. If you go into the forest or mountain and sit still and watch, ask yourself, what lessons are being taught? Then watch how the animals conduct themselves." ~Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE

"One good thing I love life in the province is the smell of the farm where animals, humans and nature are in harmony. That's LIFE." ~Ricardo Perez

"The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate finish, as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson on Architecture

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence." ~Rabindranath Tagore

“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the earth”. ~Maria Montessori

"The morning of life is like the dawn of a day, full of purity, visions, and harmony." ~Chateubriand

"The women are closest to the land - we need them to become our leaders. And as men, we are servants and protectors of Mother Earth. Only in this harmony will we find balance." ~François Paulette

"Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony." ~Chief Dan George

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Ralf Madi - RESPECT

"No mistake when a man deliberately infects women with a disease because he hasn't learned the meaning of the word 'respect'." ~RALF MADI

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Storms of life

"I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature." ~Paulo Coelho

Josefina Navarro - ripples

"The ripples we create are greater than we can imagine." ~Josefina Navarro

From Our Daily Bread - single morning

"Every single morning God loads us up on His shoulders and carries us through the day." ~Our Daily Bread

6/21/16

Elizabeth Eiler - Quality of character

“Dogs don’t make judgments about physical appearance or abilities, and they don’t care how big your house is or what you do for a living. They care about the quality of your character and your capacity to love.” ~Elizabeth Eiler

6/20/16

Zachry K. Douglas Quotes


"The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you have been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines." ~Zachry K. Douglas

"There are moments in life, when a single hug holds all the answers you need." ~Zachry K. Douglas

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J.M. Darhower - promise

“Go for it, while you can. I know you have it in you. And I can't promise you'll get everything you want, but I can promise nothing will change if you don't try.” ~J.M. Darhower

6/19/16

Laurence Overmire Quotes


"History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all." ~Laurence Overmire

"Life is a poem most people never read." ~Laurence Overmire

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Stephanie Renaud - Life is in motion

"Life is not about making an effort to grow. We have it wrong. Life is always in motion. Change is a constant. And so we change, always. We change either by chance or by choice. Changing by chance is like a boat without a rudder being tossed about the waves. By choice is pointing yourself in a direction and allowing the flow of life to move you. It's setting your sail, manning your rudder and navigating the ocean. You do not create the current, the force that drives you. You merely pilot your vessel." ~Stephanie Renaud, Energy Coach for Parents

Bateen Abbas - mother's instinct

"There is absolutely no doubt that most mothers have an instinct to protect their own, but that also applies to other babies as well. Mothers just have an instinct to care for, and protect, children. This applies not only to human beings, but mothers of all kinds. When it comes to wild animals, however, that instinct is generally kept to their species. ... (not until when) one lioness defied what we assume to be common knowledge and did the complete opposite." ~Bateen Abbas for Diply on "Two Lions Walk Up To An Injured Fox. What They Do Next Has Animal Experts SHOCKED."

Aine Belton - project

“When you judge you project your shadows onto others, when you love you project your light.” ~Aine Belton

Amanda Fernandez - let more positive in

"Let your tears fall into an ocean of Love and Light. Then, breathe out the negative and breathe in the positive. As you breathe out, one by one you can allow more positive things in." ~AmandaFernandez

Jo Cox - things that divide us

"We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us” ~Jo Cox, British Labor MP, who was killed on broad daylight, 16 June 2016

Sharon Anthony Bower - facts

"People can refute your facts, but never your feelings." ~Sharon Anthony Bower

6/17/16

Brian Andres - morning light


Photo: Credit to Stanley Photography

"We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together." ~Brian Andres

6/16/16

Quotes from JAMES E. FAUST


"Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a helping hand, or a gracious smile." ~James E. Faust

"But so long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man and from the Infinite, so long are you young." ~James E. Faust (1920 - 2007)

“Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope.” ~James E. Faust

"Getting back on the right track may involve the principles of repentance: first, recognizing the error of our ways; second, forsaking the wrongful conduct; third, never repeating it; and, fourth, confessing and making restitution where possible." ~James E. Faust

“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” ~James E. Faust

“I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your contributions are maintained in both human and eternal terms.” ~James E. Faust

“In my experience there are few people who are of true genius. There are many who are gifted, but most of the world's work and great things come from ordinary people with a talent which they develop.” ~James E. Faust, Stories from My Life

“In my opinion, the teaching, rearing, and training of children requires more intelligence, intuitive understanding, humility, strength, wisdom, spirituality, perseverance, and hard work than any other challenge we might have in life.” ~James E. Faust, Stories from My Life

“It is in a home and with a family that values are usually acquired, traditions are fostered, and commitments to others are established. There are really no adequate substitutes for home and family.” ~James E. Faust

"Learning by experience has value, but the “school of hard knocks” is deserving of its name." ~James E. Faust

“May we all be faithful in doing the day-to-day, ordinary things that prove our worthiness, for they will lead us to and qualify us for great things.” ~James E. Faust

“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.
People grow old by deserting their ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin,
but giving up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair -
these are the long years that bow the head
and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
You are as young as your faith
and as old as your doubts;
as young as your self-confidence,
as old as your fear;
as young as your hope,
as old as your despair.”
~James E. Faust,
Stories from My Life

“None of us knows the wisdom of the Lord. We do not know in advance exactly how He would get us from where we are to where we need to be, but He does offer us broad outlines in our patriarchal blessings. We encounter many bumps, bends, and forks in the road of life that leads to the eternities.” |James E. Faust

“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.” ~James E. Faust

"Progression comes faster and easier by learning from our parents, those who love us, and our teachers. We can also learn from the mistakes of others, observing the consequences of their wrong choices." ~James E. Faust

“There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” ~James E. Faust

"Tomorrow’s blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today." ~James E. Faust

“We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.” ~James E. Faust

“We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.” ~James E. Faust

“What are we doing to keep the light shining in our own eyes and countenances; Much of that light comes from our discipline dedication and consecration.” ~James E. Faust

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6/15/16

Max Heindel - state of vibration

"All things are in a state of vibration. Vibrations from objects in our surroundings are constantly impinging upon us and carry to our senses a cognition of the external world. The vibrations in the ether act upon our eyes so that we see, and vibrations in the air transmit sounds to the ear." ~Max Heindel

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: tragedy of life

"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way." ~William Barclay

Bhavana Nissima Quotes


"It was the commonest of conversations. Nothing harsh was said. Nor anything sad or dramatic. And yet a relationship that had never begun, died. A sentence left incomplete before the paragraph was born. A bridge project shelved. Why do I grieve so?" ~Bhavana Nissima

"Some catch fire on first strike and light a candle or lamp. Some catch fire on second or third strike. Few catch fire but are blown out by wind before they can light a candle. Some cannot light because the wick is damp or there is no oil or it is way too burnt out. In a quiet room, with candles closely stacked together, couple of matchsticks manage to light several of them. And then there is this one. You strike her repeatedly but no fire. Either because the sides have worn out or her edges have been blunted or your hands were wet. The more you strike, the more the edges peel off and she wilts. You fling her away saying “Poor quality matchstick.” Was she?" ~Bhavana Nissima, FB
"Sometimes floodwaters enter our homes, sometimes they enter our lives, soaking, wiping all that we take for granted—our social beliefs, our skillsets, our place in hierarchy of things, our access to resources, our relationships, everything. We are forced to evacuate structures we called home — that which IS and WILL BE— and find ourselves in the relief camps of life. Here we sit stunned by loss, with uncertain days and bewildering tomorrows, at the mercy of strangers and systems beyond our control. Here we sit as refugees from hope, haunted by a yearning for better days.

Here we discover the other side of the world, that which always was. Like the shadow of silence between our words -- emptied of meaning, emptied of intention.

Only some of us get to return home. For others, we have to learn the art of making sea our home." ~Bhavana Nissima

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6/14/16

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Wild and Civilised

"We are far more likely to be harmed by our fellow man than by our fellow animals, yet we call animals wild and dangerous and we call man advanced and civilized." ~A.D. Williams

Darrius Anderson - relationship with God

"People are out here everyday twisting the Bible to their own agenda to oppress groups of people. It wasn’t too long ago that the Bible was used to justify slavery. Not just African American slavery, but all forms. As a Christian myself, I take the Bible with a grain of salt and focus instead on my personal relationship with God and I wish more people would do the same.” ~Darrius Anderson (source: This Guy Schools Homophobic Religious Hypocrites In Just 18 Tweets, by Cavan Sieczkowski, Deputy Director, News & Analytics, The Huffington Post Australia, 14 June 2016

Vadim Gluzman Quotes


"As a teen, a chance encounter with Isaac Stern set the Isreali violinist on the road to greatness." ~Vadim Gluzman

“Personally, musically, artistically, you name it: there was a different attitude to everything. What excited me most was that I was my own man, able to make my own decisions. Freedom is a God given gift that was taken away from us in the Soviet Union, so arriving in a place (Jerusalem) where democracy existed was like realising that I had never breathed before. Until I was 16, I wasn’t allowed to breathe and I wasn’t even aware that I wasn’t breathing. Then suddenly I was given access to this oxygen, this freedom, and it changed my whole perspective.” ~Ukrainian-born Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman, (Vadim Gluzman: walking his own path by Maxim Boon, June 9, 2016

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Alan Moore - mask

“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.” ~Alan Moore

Alexander Hamilton Quotes


"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." ~Alexander Hamilton

"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things." Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

"Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives." ~Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

“The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .” ~Alexander Hamilton

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." ~Alexander Hamilton

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6/13/16

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: from Robert Kennedy - ripple of hope

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." ~Robert F. Kennedy

Bettina R. Flores - atom of change

"Courage is the atom of change." ~Bettina R. Flores

Catherine Britton - reclaim your life

"Courage is reclaiming your life after a devastating event robs you of your confidence and self-esteem. It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within yourself to find another strength, another talent. ... It is taking yourself to another level of your own existence where you are once again whole, productive, special..." ~Catherine Britton

Katharine Butler Hathaway - safe and expedient

"If you let fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin." ~Katharine Butler Hathaway

Eddie Rickenbacker - courage

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared." ~Eddie Rickenbacker

William S. Halsey - thistle

"All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble." ~William S. Halsey

Debasish Mridha Quotes


“Always give away your pure love without expecting any love in return. The universe will fill your heart with an abundance of love, joy and happiness again and again.” ~Debasish Mridha (from Grace Olsson)

"At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze." ~Debasish Mridha


My solo adventure to Southern Highlands passing Bowral by train.
29 August 2023

"Clouds can never hide the sun forever, so don't complain about clouds but never forget to welcome the sun." ~Debasish Mridha

"Even if you cover the whole world with darkness, you can never stop the sun from rising." ~Debasish Mridha

"Every sunrise is a poem written on the earth with words of light, warmth, and love."  ~Debasish Mridha

“The moon teaches us that darkness can’t hide the beauty of life if we know how to reflect beauty.” ~Debasish Mridha

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6/12/16

Alexandra Elle Quotes


"The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light, While it's here is up to us." ~Alexandra Elle

"We can't be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within." ~Alexandra Elle

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6/11/16

Waleed Aly - blank canvas

"His voicelessness allowed us to take him as a blank canvas onto which we could project whatever values we liked ... Let's be clear about this, he was a black supremacist at that time." ~Waleed Aly on Muhammad Ali (RIP, interred 10 June 2016 in Luiseville, Kentucky USA), ABC RN

Maurice Sendak - book

"There's so much more to a book than just the reading." ~Maurice Sendak

Pierre Loti - silver

"The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands." ~Pierre Loti

Emma Bull - world

"They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two." ~Emma Bull

Nicolaus Copernicus - circle

"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle." ~Nicolaus Copernicus

6/10/16

James A. Lovell - footprints

"The moon is essentially gray, no color. It looks like plaster of Paris, like dirty beach sand with lots of footprints in it." ~James A. Lovell

Michael Nesmith - thinking

"Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking." ~Michael Nesmith

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Ideal husband

"An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband." ~Booth Tarkington

VICTORIA ERICKSON Quotes


“Beauty appears where there is an edge. A type of Courage. A fearlessness against the Unknown. Not where there is perfection.” ~Victoria Erickson

"Forest will always hold your secrets, for that's what forests are for. To separate and hide things. To protect, to comfort, to hold, to envelop, to demonstrate, to slow down, to teach. Go to the trees to explore your questions and dreams. Go to the trees to desire and seek. The world will listen as you walk, watch, soften, and breathe." ~Victoria Erickson

"I love getting older. My understanding deepens. I can see what connects. I can weave stories of experience and apply them. I can integrate the the lessons. Things simply become more and more fascinating. Beauty reveals itself in thousands of forms." ~Victoria Erickson

"Meaning and purpose don't come in the forms of great accomplishments or undertakings. Rather they reveal themselves on some randomly idle weekday morning when you realise how much you love someone or that you're doing all you can with what you can carry  in the place you are with the time you have with what you care about." ~Victoria Erickson 

"Resilience is silent and deep, like roots. It doesn't announce itself. It doesn't explode outward. It doesn't fall. It doesn't break. It simply always is. And you are." Victoria Erickson 

"Solitude isn't loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly." ~Victoria Erickson, Edge of Wonder

"The greatest gift anyone could give anyone is for the other to feel worthy, adored and more than enough for all that they are. This is a gentle reminder that the people you surround yourself with in every direction should feel both uplifting and safe to your mind and heart. Not confusing, not draining, not controlling, not vague, not calculating, not unreliable, not cold, not dismissive, and not manipulative. Don’t mess around with the energy you take into your body and being, work wise, friendship wise, and relationship wise. Life is too short and delicate for these damaging things. It’s really that simple." ~Victoria Erickson

A LIST OF RANDOM AND UNRELATED THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Time heals.
Mountain winds sound exactly like ocean waves.
You are worth everything now.
Walls can be destroyed.
The sun always rises (and is always beautiful).
Children know the answers.
There is music in everything.
Logic doesn't produce magic.
Somewhere, somebody loves you.
You don't need to choose mediocre when fire exists.
The moon orchestrates our nights and tides.
Trees can grow through rock.
Your heart expands when it's broken.
You should do it now.

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6/9/16

John Phillips - lessons

"We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars." ~John Phillips

Mark Rylance - understanding

"Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something." ~Mark Rylance

Dr M Bowen - multigenerational family

"Seeing one’s multigenerational family provides “a sense of continuity, history and identity that is not otherwise possible… [and] can provide one with a different view of the human phenomena than is possible from examining the urgency of the present.” ~Dr M Bowen

6/8/16

Gabriel Byrne - save yourself

"From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself." ~Gabriel Byrne

Richard H. Baker - magnitude of the universe

"For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us." ~Richard H. Baker

Quotes on MEDIA and JOURNALISM


"A journalist worth his salt would avoid becoming the story himself. The story should be that which is written by the journalist and not about the journalist himself." ~Dr. Dante A. Ang, The Manila Times, 3 January 2017

"Biased Journalism is a scourge of democracy. Irresponsible reporting is a menace in the Free World. " ~Benson Bautista

"Discrediting the media is a strategic move. Without the influence of media, we learn to think on our own and avoid being manipulated." ~Unattributed

“Duterte represents a movement in the Philippines to change the way politics works.” ~Stephen Sackur, BBC HARDTalk

"Editors have to be made to realise that if they allow some half-baked story to get into print, they may well be placing their entire organization in jeopardy." ~Kerry Packer

"Everybody wants to be a celebrity, which is why we have this phenomenon of social media, where nobody wants to be private. We all want to be seen.” ~Marc Jacobs

"Journalism isn’t a career where you pass exams and follow a set path. You need curiosity, courage and confidence." ~Stephen Sackur, (from My Stroll with SS, Huffington Post, Interview with Ebenezar Wikina)

"Journalists who distort the truth to malign, kill and destroy are the worst kind of assassins, murderers and terrorists!" ~Perfecto Yasay

"Mainstream Media, architected by Western Liberals, is a showpiece of how “Press Freedom” could be abused and utilized against anybody for monetary gains. This practice is sickening, distasteful. Long gone are the days that real Journalists were respected in the society." ~@Dutertenomics

"Main stream media ... knows no limits to the betrayal. Fool us once ... shame on them. Fool us twice ... shame on us. Their purpose is not to tell the truth. Their purpose is to make sure you don’t find out the truth ... because that would be bad for business and the agenda. Fear is the weapon of choice for tyranny. They have taken that old acronym of fear a little far here though: False Evidence Appearing Real. Using “evidence” of over run hospitals in Melbourne as the same footage from NYC and Italy from 4 months ago. It’s like they aren’t even trying anymore ... the zombies …… masses are so asleep." ~Anthony Golle, July 20, 2020

"... mass media should be the impartial, fair and honest (i.e., with full integrity) purveyors of information, ...charged with the duty and responsibility to educate the masses." ~Carlos Silverio Bueno

‪"Mass media's tragedy is that it became a willing tool for capitalist interests. It succumbed to greed and abandoned its noble cause of seeking and conveying the truth, as a result of which it even corrupted its journalistic standards and perverted its practices to serve only the vested interests of the few." ~Caloy Bueno, December 13, 2017‬

"Media is one source of those subliminal messages that program our brains and shape our thoughts..... just as music sets our moods. They need to be controlled to an acceptable level as its influence will shape everyone's future..." ~Oscar A. Erasquin

"Peddling fake news does not, in fact, equate to a long-term successful business strategy, reporters for The New York Times are learning the hard way." ~Matthew Boyle, Breitbart, FB shared, 27 June 2017

"... people of every political persuasion, ponder on the role of the half-blind international press that are stoking the flames of conflict between and among Filipinos today. Do they know more about the Philippines than the Filipinos?" ~Bryan Ng Co

"Press credibility is getting lower and lower. In fact it’s just about at rock bottom… it’s degenerated into a beat-up. The beat-up is what it’s all about. Any story they get, they’re looking to embellish so they can boast how they stuck it to someone." ~Kerry Packer

"Responsible journalism' means complying with the law." ~National Press Club (NPC), 16 January 2018

"Social media has radically changed the way mass communication is now played, especially in the formation of opinion and points of view. It is a game changer, and it has created a seismic shift in how people now digest and process the news and information. Most importantly it has actually empowered the ordinary citizen himself into becoming an instant newsmaker, or a journalist in the broadest sense. As with what we have been discussing with my fellow socmed bloggers, if Duterte were elected prior to the advent of Facebook and Twitter, he would have probably met the same fate as Muammar Gadaffi and Saddam Hussein, or Manuel Noriega." ~Mark Lopez, July 25, 2017 (EXCLUSIVE: Concerned Filipino Mark Lopez on his open letter to US Congress, in an interview with Adam Garrie, The DURAN)

"The difference between journalism and literature is that journalism is un-readable and literature is not read." ~Oscar Wilde

"The mainstream media now sees itself as internal state security." ~Thomas Wictor, Twitter , 6 July 2017

"The media distorts the fact. What they don’t have is public trust!" ~Edwin Jamora

"The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent, that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." ~Malcolm X

"The problem of journalism is simple. Journalists are rarely in a position to establish the truth of an issue themselves, since they didn't witness it personally. They are entirely dependent on self-interested sources to supply their facts. Every part of the news-making process is defined by this relationship; everything is coloured by this reality." ~Edward Jay Epstein

‪"This is the way the media works nowadays .. the media knows their target audience, the emotive junkies .. feed them a click-bait headline, an emotive pic captured just at the right time, add comments from minority groups, flavour it with their own special homemade sauce and hey presto they’ve got you hook line sinker. Works all the time.…The media no longer reports news .. rather it creates news by sensationalising it in any way to sell newspapers .. they use social media to get a reaction from as many as possible. Once one person clicks on an article it’s mayhem bringing the worst possible out of normally intelligent people. People comment in ways they would not normally do, often breaking friendships and often participating in just plain bullying. …‬
‪The media seems shows little concern ... their main motive is to sell newspapers and increase advertising revenue." ~‬Robert Azzopardi ,‪January 10, 2020 on Canberra Time's "‬Why the bloody hell would you think Scott Morrison is a good tourism ambassador? Tourism Australia should have known its now-pulled Matesong campaign was going to be out of touch, writes Jenna Price.

"Unfortunately, many Australian’s want to pull down anyone who achieves. And journalists are no exception. They have become a law unto themselves." ~Kerry Packer

"What I think politicians should be doing, if they had any guts, is to introduce a libel system which is punitive. If a journalist has the evidence to prove his allegations, then by all means, let them be printed. But if they’re wrong, then it should be costing their organizations millions, not tens or hundreds of thousands." ~Kerry Packer

"When Chicago Daily Tribune got it wrong in the 1948 election. President Truman, holding the infamous issue telling the press, "That ain't the way I heard it!" ~U.S. Embassy Canberra, FB (hashtag Election Watch)

"When journalists use their power to dictate WHAT YOU WILL SAY, that means the press is now a secret police."~Thomas Wictor, Twitter, 6 July 2017

"Why do we solicit the opinions and half-baked analyses of foreign observers when they aren't even stakeholders in this political problem? .....If and when the dust of this political war settles, these international media outfits can just as easily offer a half-meant apology and say, "We thought Duterte was going to be a dictator as your VP had said. So, we helped you remove him. It turns out that he wasn't but he certainly had all the capacity to be a dictator.".....And we, the Filipinos, will be left to pick up the pieces of a broken republic." ~Bryan Ng Co

"Who believes in journalists these days anyway? Journalists at politiko pare pareho lang magaling mag imbento ng kwento para mapaniwala ng tao!" ~Butch M. Natividad , November 30, 2016

“Writers make a living with words, yes. But so do lawyers.” ~Atty. Trixie Angeles

"Yellow media is motivated by enviousness. Their role is to distort,  twist and bend the truth. Only the less informed, ill-informed and the un-informed will believe them." ~LCD, April 15, 2020, Media Against Sadhguru

"You are a broadcasting company, not a political kingmaker, either you play ball or you play fair. ABS-CBN should NOT get a new franchise to broadcast so it can be stopped from meddling in politics. It's time the people choose their leader and not those chosen by ABS-CBN." ~Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, Philippines House of Congress (Maiden Speech), May 28, 2020

"You are supposed to be the vanguards of responsible, fair, impartial and truthful journalism!" ~Uriel Emmanuel Soriano, An Open Letter to ABS-CBN, April 24, 2016


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“A real journalist is one who looks out the window to check whether it was raining or not” ~Aveen Acuna-Gulo

"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." ~Benjamin Disraeli

"How old were you when you
found out that "NEWSPAPER" means
North, East, West, South,
Past, And, Present, Event, Report?"
~Philippinature

"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believed anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." ~Donald Trump, People Magazine, 1998

"If you're a yellow propagandist you might think Duterte supporters are 'anti-democratic', but in REALITY, Duterte supporters are the most real, down to earth, people in the world. It's about wanting a better, cleaner, happier, safer and more stable life, all while living in a dignified way under the flag of a proud nation. THIS is what Duterte represents to millions. It is a message for the people, because all people have access to it. it excludes no one and welcomes anyone with a positive attitude. THIS it the REAL Duterte revolution!" ~Adam Garrie, February 24, 2018

"Terrorism, criminality, drug syndicates, narco-politics, corruptions are real facts but the media was playing it and manipulate it to fabricate news or create a different viewpoint about the situation in the Philippines." ~Amir Assadollahi, Canadian Political Analyst

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in ever lasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation." ~HERBERT SPENCER

"To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies." ~Willa Cather (1873-1947)

"Whatever he said in the media just to pamper his ego is just for show.. the truth is in the middle of the night when he is alone..he' s cursing himself in disgust. Its during those lone moments that we realize what or who we really are." ~Lito Recio on Trillanes re:BBC HardTalk, 28 June 2017

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Uriel Emmanuel Soriano - on media

"You are supposed to be the vanguards of responsible, fair, impartial and truthful journalism!" ~Uriel Emmanuel Soriano, An Open Letter to ABS-CBN, April 24, 2016

Irene Santiago - kind of heart

"Just work on yourself. We can work on your mouth. But your heart is where it is. We waited for that kind of heart for a long time. Just be yourself and we’re all here to help you.” ~Irene Santiago, Leading Feminist, on President-elect RR Duterte, FB, June 2016

Louis Arevalos - music

"Your music has a hypnotic quality that mirrors a great Age of the past." ~Louis Arevalos on Deniz Inan musical compositions dated 21 February 2016

Annette Hedworth - music


"... music is the most wonderful vehicle for journeys deep into the soul." ~Annette Hedworth on Deniz Inan "Kayo’s Journey”dated November 29, 2015

Quotes on MOON and SUN

"The moon is very rugged." ~Alan Bean

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Photo credit to
Nnie Que 

THE SPLENDOUR OF THE MOON

He made the moon also, to serve in its season, to mark the times and to be an everlasting sign.

From the moon comes the sign for feast days, a light that wanes when it has reached the full.

The month is named for the moon, increasing marvelously in its phases, an instrument of the hosts on high shining forth in the firmament of heaven.

Ecclesiastes 43:6-8

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"The moon is at her full, and riding high,
Floods the calm fields with light.
The airs that hover in the summer sky
Are all asleep to-night."
~William C. Bryant

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"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." ~Oscar Wilde

"A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines" ~Benjamin Franklin


“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going. And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

"A man's work is from sun to sun. But a mother's work is never done." ~Anon 

"A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate." ~Philip Sydney

"A poet is the most unpoetical thing in existence - because he has no identity. The setting sun will always set me to rights, and if a sparrow come before my window, I take part in its existence and pick up the gravel." ~John Keats

"A rare phenomenon tonight. Super Moon (perigee) + Blue Moon (second full moon in one month) + Blood Moon (Total Lunar Eclipse) all in one night. Watch the skies and hope there is no cloud cover or rain that would spoil it." ~Harold Tan, 31 January 2018

"A rising sun, about to eviscerate a winter night." ~Jon T. Hermosisima 

“After the rain, the sun will reappear.
There is life. After the pain,
the joy will still be here.”
~Walt Disney Company

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." ~W. Clement Stone


"All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.” ~Shannon L. Alder

"Among the most serene moments I love to do are observing the dawn breaks, witnessing the setting sun and watching the starry night sky while listening to the melodies of the nature." ~Duoi Ampilan

"Arguing from exception is like judging the moon harshly for its total eclipses rather than for the reflective light it benefits and blesses us with regularly." ~Bryan Ng Co

"As long as the sun shines one does not ask for the moon" – Russian Proverb

"Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things they are transformed." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.”  ~ Khalil Gibran

“Be like the strength of the sun and you can conquer the world in your Journey.” ~Anon

"Beauty is a form of genius — is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon." ~Oscar Wilde

"Better were the days when we used candles and kerosene lamps for our humble night light in the absence of the moon and stars." ~©Leah C. Dancel, July 2, 2021

"BLUE MOON does not mean the moon turns blue. It means you get to have two full moons within the month. ...BLOOD MOON is when the moon turns red and only happens when there is full lunar eclipse. The shadow of the earth do not turn the moon black but somehow reddish. ...SUPER MOON because the moon is unusually closer to the earth and appears bigger." ~Mei Li, FB, January 31, 2018

“But tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.” ~John Lenon

"Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth." ~Amit Ray, Enlightenment Step by Step

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ~Alexander Graham Bell

"Despite the sun fighting the clouds to come out, I'm enjoying my peaceful solitude walk with nothing but the sounds of the ocean waves rolling in." ~Mary (Miemie) V. Cowan

“Don’t compare your child to others. There’s no comparison between the Sun and Moon. They shine when it’s their time.” Anon

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~Anton Chekhov

"Don't worry if you're making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time." ~Scott Stabile

"Dreams are made of sand, sun and sea…" ~Anon

"Each moment, moon, you beckon me to come.
You yourself know, but you ask how l am.
You're a cypress and words to you are wind;
I speak, and enraptured, you sway and bend."
~Rumi

"Escape from the black cloud that surrounds you. Then you will see your own light as radiant as the full moon." ~Rumi

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth 'You owe Me'. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the Whole sky." ~Hafiz

"Even dark clouds surrounds the wondrous sky, still sun will make a way to shine and reveal the wonders of the earth“ ~Kristine Andaya Ventura

"Even if you are a smallest forest surviving off of moon alone, your light is extraordinary." ~Nayyirah Waheed

"..., even if it is just a brief touch of the sun, will set your soul on fire." ~Thomas Plummer

"Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." ~Mark Twain

"Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock." ~Anaxagoras

“First here was the Sun, who was young once and is now a grandparent of many powers. But the Sun will one day go into the Void. That’s the power of the Heyoka—the Void.” ~Ruby Plenty Chiefs

"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World." ~Christopher Columbus

"For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us." ~Richard H. Baker

"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun." ~Khalil Gibran

"From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself." ~Gabriel Byrne

"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go." ~Tom Hanks

"Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life." ~Jean Paul

"He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down." ~Psalm 104:19 (NIV)

"Head for the moon. If you miss, you will still be among the stars” ~David Gandy from Gary Hayes Photography

"Hope is like the sun, which as we travel behind it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us." ~Samuel Smiles

"How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!" ~John Muir

"I see the beauty of life better under the moon and the stars." ~Ricardo Perez

"I don't want someone who promises me the moon and stars … I just want someone who promises to lay down on the grass and watch them with me." ~Enchanting Minds

"I see the world through eyes of love.
I see love in every flower,
In the sun and the moon,
And in every person I meet."
~Louise L. Hay

"I thought the only lonely place was on the moon." ~Paul McCartney

‪"I was in awe as I observed it driving away from Parkes, NSW. 'Twas an orange faced-moon rising as the sun was setting. Awesome‬!" ~Cynthia V. Walker, on March 21, 2019 Summer Equinox (Supermoon)

"If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out." ~William Blake

"If we can send a man to the moon, then why don't we send a woman?" ~Kylie Bax

"If you cry because the sun has got out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." ~Rabindranath Tagore

"If you see the moon, you will see the beauty of God.
If you see the sun, you will see the power of God.
If you see the mirror, you will see God's best creation.
So believe it." ~Charlie Chaplain

"If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot." ~Confucius

"If you show someone the sun in your bones and they reject you, you must remember, they hurt themselves this very same way." ~Nayyirah Waheed

"If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence." ~James Wood

"I’m a survivor. And like the moon, I have a feeling it would take a truly spectacular event to keep me from taking my place in the scheme of things, waxing, waning, and eclipsing notwithstanding." ~Janet Rebhan, Finding Tranquility Base

"I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!" ~Van Morrison

"In the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink." ~Mehmet Murat Ildan

"Is there anything in the world more charming than the way Tulips hold up their little faces to the sun? " ~Nat Davidson, @Nature Delights


“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.” ~Galileo Galilei

"It's like a finger pointing to the moon... Don't concentrate on the finger, because you will miss all the heavenly glory..." ~Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon)

"Just as the sun awakens us to a new day, the spirit of God within awakens us to divine glory in all creation. This glory, within and around us, is everywhere we look and in every situation we encounter." ~Silent Unity

"Just like the moon, we go through phases." ~Dulce Ruby

"Kindness has a beautiful way of reaching down into a weary heart and making it shine like the rising sun." ~Anon

"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." ~Victor Hugo

"Life's true gift lies in your freedom to design it beautifully. With each rise of the sun, you get to chase the opportunity to fill your days with meaning—to live your life the way you choose." ~from Success dot com via Haizer Adrias Libcat, FB

"Living on earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year." ~Anon

"Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake." ~Rumi

“Love the earth and sun and animals.” ~Walt Whitman

"Love without Friendship is like a shadow without a sun." ~Anon

"Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain. But at the peak, we all gaze at the single bright moon." ~Ikkyu

"May I sleep kissing the face of the moon tonight." ~Leah C. Dancel (Supermoon, March 21, 2019)

"Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine." ~Gautama Buddha

"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is." ~Olive Schreiner

“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” ~Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi ~ The Essential Rumi

"Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon." ~H. L. Mencken

"Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself is beautiful." ~Plotinus

“Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever.”  ~Ernest Hemingway

"Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking." ~Rumi

"Salt is born of the purest of parents: the sun and the sea." ~Phythagoras

"Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars." ~Les Brown

"Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night." ~Hal Borland

"Sun is alone too, but still shines." ~Anon

"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy." ~Henri Frederic Amiel

"That inspiring moment of the day when you see the glorious sun hiding behind the trees as you walked home preparing to set." ~Leah C. Dancel

"The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons." ~Frank S. Nugent

"The dance between darkness and light will always remain - the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and stars." ~C. Joybell C.

"The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear." ~Anatoly Chubais

"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the result of that love." ~Chief Sitting Bull

"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle." ~Nicolaus Copernicus

“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.” ~Confucius

"... The full bright moon is a BLESSING served on a silver platter. And to experience the beauty and tranquillity of the night is LIFE itself and I'm just too grateful to be part of this." ~Ricardo Perez

"The growing and dying of the moon reminds us of our ignorance which comes and goes, but when the moon is full it is as if the Great Spirit were upon the whole world." ~Black Elk, Sioux

"The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork." ~Walter Lang

"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty." ~Lyndon B. Johnson

"The moon blankets the earth with its silver glow, and cools the night with glittering stars." ~Dora Domingues

"The moon doesn't consider one phase better than another; she just glows, equally stunning at each turn. Why should we be any different? ~Cristen Rogers

"The moon does not need the sun to tell her she is already whole." ~Lang Leav

"The moon has dripped gold
onto us
from all of the nights
that we laid awake
under the stars
dreaming with our hearts
and singing with our souls."
~Emily Marie McBride

"The moon is brighter since the barn burned." ~Matsuo Basho

"The moon is essentially gray, no color. It looks like plaster of Paris, like dirty beach sand with lots of footprints in it." ~James A. Lovell

"The moon is like the life we live: full of imperfections but still beautiful." ~Teresita Mariano Barrera

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon." ~Jean Ingelow

"The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands." ~Pierre Loti

“The moon teaches us that darkness can’t hide the beauty of life if we know how to reflect beauty.” ~Debasish Mridha

"The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive." ~N.D. Wilson

“The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.” ~Shannon L. Alder

“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun." —Napoleon Hill

"The sun did not know how beautiful its light was, until it was reflected off this building." ~Louis Kahn, American architect on Sydney Opera House.

"The sun bathe itself in water." ~Isak Dinesen, Babette's Feast Movie

"The sun does not know who is right or who is wrong. It shines without purpose and provides warmth to all." ~The Wisdom of Samurai

"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on." ~Charles Dickens

"The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” ~S. Ajna

"The sun is smiling. The day is warming up. There is no denying we are face to face with Spring!!" ~Mariquita Nosce Tandoc

"The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us." ~Dennis Banks

"The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 "The sun starts to kneel,
From dawn it turns into dusk.
A circle of life."
@Leni Flores Pelegrin 

"The sun, the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man - burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-colored glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray." ~Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." ~Henry Ellis

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day." ~Robert Frost

"The sun will go down - and when it does, who among us will appreciate its color, let alone its beauty?" ~Leah C. Dancel, December 8, 2011

"The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light, While it's here is up to us." ~Alexandra Elle

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." ~Galileo Galilei

“The truthful love is the great sun in the hearts of the people who know how to keep it.” ~ Hàn Quốc Vũ

"There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon." ~Matsuo Basho

"There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms." ~Laini Taylor

"These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism." ~Virginia Woolfe

"This morning we rose with the sun to celebrate the world's oldest living culture.
We cleansed the way for new beginnings by taking part in the WugulOra 'One Mob' smoking ceremony at Walumil Lawns at Barangaroo Reserve." ~AUSTRALIA DAY-FB, #AusDaySyd, #australiaday2020, January 26, 2020

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." ~Buddha

"Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other." ~Sojourner Truth

"To be able to greet the sun with the sounds from all of Nature is a great blessing, and it helps us to remember WHO is the real provider of all of our benefits." ~Thomas Yellowtail

"To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes." ~Rumi

"Today, the sun will rise on all your doubts." ~Marty Rubin

"Travelers, it is late. Life’s sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings." ~Rumi

"Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you." ~Tiny Buddha

"We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side." ~Khalil Gibran

"We ran as if to meet the moon." ~Robert Frost

"We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new." ~Burt Rutan

"Well, it's a marvellous night for a moondance." ~Van Morrison

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous." ~Thomas Merton

"What is arrogance? It is being oblivious and insensible to what is essential, as the ice is unaware of the sun. When ice becomes conscious of the sun, it doesn’t last long: it warms and melts and flows away." ~Jalaladdin Rumi

"What is broken can be mended. What hurts can be healed. And no matter how dark it gets, the sun is going to rise again." ~Daily Vibes

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth." ~Norman Cousins

"When a morning winter sun peeks through my kitchen window and brings sparkle to my favourite place where I boil water in a kettle and help myself to a nice cup of coffee." ~Leah C. Dancel, 27 August 2017

"When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator" ~Mahatma Gandhi

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set." ~Lyn Yutang

"When struggling to find new pathways, try talking to the moon, a perfect accomplice for all things relating to the heart." ~Steve Parish, THE ACCOMPLICE

"When the moon is not full, the stars shine more brightly." ~Anon

“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” ~George R.R. Martin

"When you forgive, you bring a moon to your own darkness." ~Gede Prama

"Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand?...Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light....There you go . . . That was easy!" ~Vera Nazarian

“Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You have to be able to appreciate these things. How many people can say it was a full moon last night and appreciate it?" ~Sandy Miller

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RELATED QUOTES

"Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness." ~Allen Ginsberg

"How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with love. If you are not in love, how can you enjoy the blinding light of the sun, the soft light of the moon?" ~Omar Khayyam

"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight." ~Rumi

"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul." ~Thomas Mann

“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” ~Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi ~(The Essential Rumi)

"Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life." ~Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

"My Moonlight is just a mass of blooms at present. The bees and birds love them." ~Denise Adames 

"Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener. " ~Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

"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." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"She loves moonlight and rainstorms and so many other things that have soul." ~JM Storm

"The sun is empty, so is the moon. River water forever flows eastward. Farm and house too are empty, continually changing owners." ~Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, "Sunset Ballad".

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain." ~from THE PROPHET (1923) - Khalil Gibran

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Kristalee Berry - Love

"Love is like a gentle breeze that cascades through your entire being, filling every fiber with emotion so deep your heart grows wings."~Kristalee Berry

Quotes on VIRTUES


"A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

“Aggressive public displays of virtue are where the morally deplorable hide.“ ~Milo Yiannopoulos

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." ~Mother Teresa

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently." ~
Maya Angelou

"Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?~ Seneca

"Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate." ~Harry Browne

"Gratitude is our natural response to God's grace. Nothing so takes the heart out of a person as ingratitude. Gratitude is not only the greatest virtues, but the parent of all the others." ~CICERO

"He who rules by virtue is like the Pole Star. It maintains its place, and the multitude of stars pay homage." ~Confucius

"Honesty is making your words conform to reality. Integrity is making reality conform to your words. Honor your commitment, even when it is difficult, expensive, or inconvenient. Know that the cost of not keeping your word is even more expensive. Always remember to under promise but over deliver." ~Anon

"Honesty is more than not LYING. It is TRUTH telling, truth SPEAKING, TRUTH LIVING, and TRUTH LOVING." ~James E. Faust

"Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, South Africa, 1 February 1975, LTL‬

"Humility has many forms and ways which we are taught to learn our lessons from experience." ~Leah C. Dancel, August 19, 2018

"Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of sin and evil." ~Andrew Murray

"I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right." ~Marcus Porcius Cato

"If one by one we counted people out, for the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long to get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving." ~Robert Frost

“If you govern with the power of your virtue, you will be like the North Star. It just stays in its place while all the other stars position themselves around it.” ~Confucius

"In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. 
In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.
In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.
In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue." ~Paulo Coelho

"Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles." ~Awareness Act dot com

"It is a precious virtue to try to make others happy and to forget their worries." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Zindzi Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 March 1981, LTL‬ ‪

“Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you." ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

"Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days." ~Henri Alain

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." ~Thomas Paine on Virtue

"Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians." ~Chinese Proverb

“Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest.” ~Francis Bacon

"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters... but with what? With wine, with poetry,  or with virtue, as you chose. But be drunk." ~Charles Baudelaire,  French Poet 1855

"Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe." ~Rumi

“Pleasure the servant,
Virtue looking on.”
~Ben Jonson

"The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love." ~Khalil Gibran

“The dew of compassion is a tear.” ~Lord Byron

"The practice of virtue, the worship of God and Paropakara to others – these three form the very essence of a truly noble life. Never neglect them. Ever practise them. This is real earning. He, who has this earning, accumulates the greatest wealth even though his earthly income may be modest. Blessed Self! Accumulate this wealth by living a Divine Life in the midst of your ordinary secular life. Have a rich inner life. Joy and peace will come to you." ~Sri Swami Chidananda

"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate." ~Robert Frost

"Understanding is knowing what to do;
Wisdom is knowing what to do next;
Virtue is actually doing it."
~T Gulberd

"Virtue can only flourish among equals." ~Mary Wollstonecraft

"Virtue is insufficient temptation." ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

"Without courage, all other virtues are meaningless." ~Jose Alejandrino

'Women's virtue is man's greatest invention." ~Cornelia Otis Skinner


RELATED QUOTES

"Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men." ~Samuel Johnson

“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.” ~Janet Fitch

"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." ~Mark Twain

"Self respect, integrity and self worth fundamentally serve as our standard in our outlook on life." ~Yesu Ben

"Sincerity provides strength." ~Shellharbour Public School Motto

"The great charm of all power is modesty." ~Anon

"The river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence." ~Jim Watkins

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." ~Leo Tolstoy

"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.” ~Thomas Bailey Aldrich

"Victory is changing the hearts of your opponents by gentleness and kindness." -An Nasir Salahuddin, Al-Ayyubi (1137-1193)

"When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion." ~Marshall Rosenberg

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Archibald MacLeish - freedom

“How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms, by truth when it is attacked by lies." ~Archibald MacLeish, Pulitzer Prize winner

Ron Tanmer - special place

"If you could look into my heart, how quickly you would see the special place you hold there and how much you mean to me." ~Ron Tanmer, The Greatest Parents on Earth, Family Friend Poems

Roy Bean - time

"Time will pass and seasons will come and go." ~Roy Bean

Sidney Hook Quotes


"Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments." ~Sidney Hook

"Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques." ~Sidney Hook

"Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present." ~Sidney Hook

"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness." ~Sidney Hook

"Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value." ~Sidney Hook

"The teacher is the heart of the educational system." ~Sidney Hook

"To silence criticism is to silence freedom." ~Sidney Hook

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Rafael Alunan III Quotes


"A plunderer is no ordinary thief. His impact on government and society is extraordinary that calls for capital punishment. Plunder kills the future of the nation and the hopes of those who need lifelines now, not later." ~Rafael Alunan III, 14 February 2017

"Be professional, prudent and circumspect. Do not abuse. Be true to the code of conduct of your profession." ~Rafael Alunan III

"Blow like the wind,
glow like fire,
flow like a river,
fill like a cloud,
descend like a dove.
May the Force be with you in 2018!"
~Rafael Alunan III


"Crime and corruption are the shackles that keep us on our knees." ~Rafael Alunan III, March 25, 2017

"Democracy demands maturity and responsible citizenship." ~Rafael Alunan III, September 20

"For the sake of democracy, transparency and national transformation, the PRRD administration must continue along its torturous path but, at the same time, listen to voices of reason, prudence and circumspection within its ranks and from the general audience. It must separate legitimate critics who aim to make things right from the wolves in sheep's clothing." ~Rafael Alunan III, 8 January 2017 (Freedom of Information)

"I truly believe that a loving home, a healthy working environment, vibrant personal relationships, service oriented vocations and deeply seated values contribute to any person's feeling of self-worth and confidence to live through tough and lonely times and emerge all the more resilient." ~Rafael Alunan III

"If we had block voting we won't have division at the top. Let's cure the problem when we get to charter change." ~Rafael Alunan III, 7 January 2017

"I'm convinced that there's a small group of evil people, rich and powerful beyond belief, who fan the flames of discord to precisely divide and conquer humanity to sustain their hold on the world. They are not human by any yardstick. They are inhuman." ~Rafael Alunan III, May 31, 2017

"In the Vietnam era, the code words "broken arrow" was a call for close air support by all available forces for a military unit on the ground in grave danger of being overrun and destroyed by the enemy. ...
In our world in moral crisis, where wrong prevails over right, where evil dominates the good, where lies overwhelm the truth, where people want out of their trap, it's time to seek divine intervention....
It's time to call out "broken arrow, broken arrow" for the legion of angels to swoop in and cleanse our world." ~Rafael Alunan III, January 17, 201 on BROKEN ARROW

"..... let the information light up those in the shadows for the world to see, stop their conspiracy and for the rule of law to take its course." ~Rafael Alunan III on Freedom of Information, 8 January 2017

"Let's build new bridges without burning old ones that need fixing and improvement." ~Rafael Alunan III, on International Relations, 8 January 2017

"Life would be so much simpler and easier if we cooperate with each other, united in purpose to improve our being and well-being with no one left behind." ~Rafael Alunan III on Cooperation

"Our national interest must drive policy underscored by the reality that we exist today in an interdependent world. Goodwill to all with malice toward none, but with eyes open." ~Rafael Alunan III, on Internal Relations, 8 January 2017

"Professional soldiers will always do the right things and do them the right way - thoroughly, precisely and timely. They will never do anything illegal and immoral. ..... They are modest, prudent, circumspect but they are also fiercely fearless. Don't take them for granted because once they turn into warriors unchained, make no mistake; they'll bring Hell along with them." ~Rafael Alunan III

"Religion and politics are divisive issues that have been weaponised. Vicious wars are being fought because of it." ~Rafael Alunan III, May 31, 2017

"Self-discipline is the solution. shows strength of character. our weakness of character today makes us police characters." ~‪Rafael Alunan III‬, May 8, 2017

"The enemy is within. It has always been." ~Rafael Alunan III, 5 August 2017

"The more we read books, the likelier our ability to understand better the emotions of others. Read. Take advantage of the Net." ~Rafael Alunan III, 8 January 2017)

"The negligence, dereliction of duty, irresponsibility and incompetence of the previous administration are beyond words. What else is there hidden in the wreckage?" ~Rafael Alunan III on Benigno Simeon Aquino III, former President of the Philippines, (2010-2016), DENGVACIA (dengue fever vaccine) Backlash, December 3, 2017

"The people just want to see government hard at work and making things work for them." ~Rafael Alunan III, 28 June 2017

"Think before you speak. The female brain works on a different wavelength!" ~Rafael Alunan III

"Twisting truth to hide hidden agenda" ~Rafael Alunan III on De Lima

"We won't beat drugs if we keep saying we can't. Defeatism is like aiding and abetting this deadly trade. We will beat drugs if both the government and society come together to extinguish it by addressing the supply and demand ends of the business equation. ............. Government addresses supply, society addresses demand. Government in the exercise of good governance; society in the exercise of responsible citizenship. It's called "whole-of-nation" approach with unity of purpose to save our children's future." ~Rafael Alunan III, 11 January 2017

"What we all desire is good government. But we also must be good citizens. That's the deal to have a better Philippines." ~Rafael Alunan III

"When politics continually gets in the way of nation-building - of growing the economy; of developing our ethics, knowledge and skills; of uniting the nation; of harmonizing our diverse cultures - whenever a political solution is applied to every problem that has nothing to do with politics - that only means we keep repeating the same stupid mistake. That makes us a stupid race. To save us from ourselves, we need to classify stupidity as a heinous crime." ~Rafael Alunan III, May 30, 2017

"When two sides rally around a common goal, the human spirit takes over and miracles happen." ~Rafael Alunan III, 26 July 2017

"When we listen to PRRD today in his 2nd SONA, sit back and reflect on the idea that what he's experienced in his first year has to do with CHANGE…with PAGBABAGO…for a better Philippines. The resistance is widespread, foreign and domestic, and it's deadly. They're out to get him and Marawi is part of that regime change playbook. As enlightenment unravels in your mind, ask yourself: am I part of the problem or part of the solution?....... ISIS et al or the "whole-of-terror" network including their tactical ally, the NPA, has been unleashed against PRRD and, in effect, against a largely unsuspecting Philippine society. While it may seem obvious to all that we're up against extremism, other questions to ask are: Who's behind that network and what do they really want from PRRD? Whose ISIS? Whose NPA? Do these comments make sense to you; do they resonate?~ Rafael Alunan III, July 24, 2017

"When your own constituency and stakeholders ask you to resign for the sake of the institution's integrity and survival, what other recourse is there? That would be the honorable way out." ~Rafael Alunan III (March 12, 2018)

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