"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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8/25/21

Catherine M. Wallace - Listen to your children

"Listen earnestly to anything [your children] want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.” ~Catherine M. Wallace 

8/24/21

Kang Chi - Filipino Babies

"They say when Filipino babies are born they do not cry, they sing. " ~Kang Chi (Korea)

Thomas Goodwin - Blessings

"Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and worn with thanks." ~Thomas Goodwin

8/23/21

Ian McFarlane - Poetry

"Poetry is a mystery solved only by itself." ~Ian McFarlane

Tenzin Choegyal - Poetry

"Poetry for me is like the mountain, like the ocean or the sky. It helps in evoking or mapping many emotions that we keep within ourselves in few lines while leaving much space for those who encounter them to form their own stories too. Without any limits or positions, It’s a freedom. It can be one word or many." ~Tenzin Choegyal, poetry ambassador

8/19/21

Megan Devine - Nothing has changed

"There are losses that rearrange the world.  Deaths that change the way you see everything.  Pain that transports you to an entirely different universe, even while everyone else thinks nothing has really changed." ~Megan Devine 

Bea Marshall - Children

"Stand up for your children even if it means standing against the world." ~Bea Marshal

8/16/21

Russell Conwell - Owning the home

"A man is not really a true man until he owns his own home, and they that own their homes are made more honorable and honest and pure, true and economical and careful, by owning the home." ~Russell Conwell

Nanci Griffith - Blackbird's wing

"And when we die we say 
we'll catch some blackbird's wing, 
And we will fly away forever, 
Come some sweet blue bonnet spring." ~Nanci Griffith, James Hooker, and Danny Flowers

8/15/21

Sholom Aleichem Quotes



"A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction." ~Sholom Aleichem 

"Gossip is nature's telephone." ~Sholom Aleichem 

"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor." ~Sholom Aleichem 

"No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you." ~Sholom Aleichem 

"The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger." ~Sholom Aleichem 


8/14/21

From Recovering Your Light - Flickers of light

"Even when there has been a lot of trauma in our past, there were flickers of light in the darkest of nights, where hope grew. Bringing an awareness of those moments brings strength and courage into our memories." ~From Recovering Your Light

Isaac Isamov - Education

"Education isn't something you can finish." ~Isaac Isamov

8/6/21

ADAM SMITH Quotes



"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." ~Adam Smith 

"The mind…is rarely so disturbed, but that the company of a friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness." ~Adam Smith

8/2/21

Gaspard Mermillod - Mother

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." ~Gaspard Mermillod

Hippolyte Taine Quotes

"Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools." ~Hippolyte Taine

"I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." ~Hippolyte Taine

"The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies." ~Hippolyte Taine


NENITA YU GARCIA Quotes

"... a small flicker of light makes a difference." ~Nenita Yu Garcia 

"... as I continue life’s journey, I will be able to look at the world more with God’s compassion, that I do not live just for me,
but for others, too." ~Nenita Yu Garcia 

"As I grow older, the more I understand the grace of God and the depth of His love at work in my life." ~Nenita Yu Garcia

"On earth, there is no greater love than a mother's love." ~Nenita Yu Garcia

"The beauty of God's creation speaks of His greatness. How great Thou art!" ~Nenita Yu Garcia




The Mind - Modesty

"Mercantile spirit kills all the best qualities in people. But modesty only increases it." ~The Mind