"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

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

8/31/22

Baháʼu'lláh Quotes

"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." 
~Baháʼu'lláh


"All mankind are the fruits of one tree, flowers of the same garden, waves of one sea."

"In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold." ~from The Hidden Words 

"Let your vision be world embracing." 

"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."

"The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds."

"The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established."
 



8/30/22

Featured Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

Macquarie University
Macquarie Park NSW 
August 28, 2022

"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ~Mahatma Gandhi 


8/23/22

Cormac McCarthy - Power

"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real" ~Cormac McCarthy

8/20/22

A. Philip Randolph - Freedom

"Freedom is never given; it is won." ~A. Philip Randolph

8/18/22

Connie Stevens - Smile

“Nothing you wear is more important than your smile." ~Connie Stevens

8/17/22

Veronika Jensen - Weight of Mountains

"Survivors don't always flaunt their wings, but when they do, you better believe them to be strong. They've carried a weight of mountains with no one to help." ~Veronika Jensen 

8/6/22

Atty. Gil Marvel P. Tabucanon Quotes


“Life is not measured in years but in strength of spirit!” ~Atty. Gil P. Tabucanon

"Old friends always feel like home." ~Atty. Gil P. Tabucanon

"The strength and sturdiness of the oak inspires us in our times of weakness!" ~Atty. Gil P. Tabucanon 


8/1/22

IAN PALMER Quotes

“Every day, a million miracles begin at sunrise.” ~IAN PALMER

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” ~Ian Palmer 

7/27/22

Amy Rees Anderson - Family

"Family is where life begins and love never ends." ~Lolita Padigos Florido 

7/26/22

Sophia Bush Hughes - Work-in-progress

"You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work-in-progress simultaeneously." ~Sophia Bush Hughes

7/23/22

Fritz Williams - Leap of empathy

“Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. In those transparent moments we know other people’s joys and sorrows, and we care about their concerns as if they were our own.” ~Fritz Williams

7/19/22

Elizabeth George - Stars

"Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life’s problems when you count them as joy." ~Elizabeth George

7/17/22

Frances Taylor - Friend

"A friend that is always put last doesn't remain a friend for long." ~Frances Taylor

7/8/22

Featured Quotes on Knowledge

By Leah C Dancel


"Reading is a delightful pastime that helps increase knowledge." ~Leah C. Dancel, May 23, 2020


"A library is home to hungry minds in search for knowledge." ~Leah C. Dancel,  July 14, 2021 


7/6/22

Pradeep Mutalik - Insight

"Sometimes the act of solving a puzzle can itself reveal hidden insights." ~Pradeep Mutalik 

7/2/22

Scott Curran - Angels


"Be kind to strangers, because it’s the loving thing to do. Also, you never know – they could be angels.” ~Scott Curran

6/23/22

Pietro Aretino - Winter


Home in Orange CA 1996

"Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." ~Pietro Aretino

Quotes Cut from AMO MAMA


Lifted from AMO MAMA/FB

"A family in which everyone has each other's back will always live in harmony and happiness." ~Amo Mama 

"A happy life is only in our hands and does not depend on LIFE COACHES." ~Amo Mama

"A lie may take care of the present,  but it has no future." ~Amo Mama 

"Don't look at the coating. 
It's the filling that matters most." 
~Amo Mama

"Every act of kindness is a drop and when it falls into the ocean of kindness,  it makes waves that reach every shore." ~Amo Mama 

"God always guides you exactly where you need to go, even if you suffer a lot along the way." ~Amo Mama 

"Greed and a cold heart are bad counselors." ~Amo Mama 

"In dark times radiant people shine brightly on your path." ~Amo Mama

"In redemption,  you find the power to
 turn darkness into light." ~Amo Mama


"Kindness is the wings on which a person ascends to God." ~Amo Mama 


"It sometimes happens that people depend on money more than they depend on their conscience." ~Amo Mama 

"Love can SEE through any PRETENSES."
~Amo Mama 

"No material wealth could ever be more precious than human life." ~Amo Mama 

"One SELFISH ACT can ruin the lives of dozens people." ~Amo Mama

Photo taken at John Paul Getty Museum Gardens, Los Angeles, California through the kindness of Marietta Estacio-Vasquez and hubby Engr. Vic Vasquez May 2013

"Our beauty is temporary, but our soul is eternal." ~Amo Mama


"Penny pinching is the vice of those who have no heart." ~Amo Mama 

"Remember, when people who used others as their stepping stones will one day lose their footing." ~Amo Mama 

"The beauty of the soul gives charm even to the plainest of bodies, just as the ugliness of the soul destroys the magnificent creation." ~Amo Mama

"The most beautiful flowers blossom only when they are cared for." ~Amo Mama 

"The most innocuous acts can have an equal power either to hurt or heal a child's soul. Don't disregard your children." ~Amo Mama 

"The most precious quality in a friend is kindness and honesty." ~Amo Mama

"The path to genuine bliss is always the thorniest one." ~Amo Mama 

"The saddest thing about betrayal, it never comes from your enemy." ~Amo Mama


"There are times in your life when it seems like only dark times lie ahead.  But there's always someone who will light your path to the future." ~Amo Mama 

"When a soul leaves this world,  it needs to find peace before it can turn into an angel." ~Amo Mama

"When the time is right, the Lord will make it happen." ~Amo Mama 

"You're alive not just when your heart keeps beating,  but when the memory of you lives on in the hearts of others." ~Amo Mama 



6/21/22

JONA HANS HAROLD Quotes



"Diamonds are hard to find, but rocks are everywhere." ~Jona Hans Harold 


From the Isle of Emerald
Millmount Observation Tower

"𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚." ~Jona Hans Harold

"Weekends are like the rainbows that break through five days of rain." ~Jona Hans Harold 




6/20/22

Petros K. Veloudas - Life

"Life is the sunshine soul with the beauty of kindness!" ~Petros K. Veloudas (Πέτρος Βελούδας), Greek Poet, The Response of Silence

6/18/22

Adora Carrillo Russ - LIfe is a Gift

"Waking up everyday and still able to take care of my mind body and spirit is a gift!" ~Adora Carrillo Russ

6/17/22

SEEDS of SEASONS

Featured Verse


"When seeds are sown,
watered with kindness and fondness; 
No matter what the season,
It will grow healthy and strong."
~Leah C. Dancel, October 2018‬

S. Ajna - Sun

Photo Credit to Mel Bradford
At Bribie Island Queensland 
Cover Photo: Sunsets and Sunrises, FB

"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

6/16/22

Mike Norton - Valuable friend

"Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring and most valuable friend." ~Mike Norton

6/15/22

Sigurd Olson - Wilderness

"Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium." ~Sigurd Olson, Former council member, The Wilderness Society