"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain cool and unruffled under all circumstances." ~ Thomas Jefferson
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude. ~ Thorton Wilder, The Sun, 2/06
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love. ~ Henry Drummond
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminted and perhaps forever talked to by God and His messengers. ~ Brenda Ueland
Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life. ~ James Cagney
It's in the entrails of the earth, not on its surface, that you can find diamonds and gold. It's in going into the darkness that we find enlightenment. ~ Robert Scaer, Utne, July-Aug '06
As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on--in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here. ~ Morris S. Schwartz, Tuesdays With Morrie
One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnace
Think of the mystical three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection as the time it takes for a situation to change once spirit has infused our consciousness. As we come to look at an experience differently, in time it begins to transform. ~ Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace, 2002
As I have gotten braver I have censored myself less. ~ Gretchen Cryer
The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is giving your gift away. ~ David Viscott
God is in the details. ~ Mies Van Der Rohe
The purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. ~ Leo Rosten
I think that wherever your journey takes you, there are new gods waiting there with divine patience and laughter. ~ Susan M. Watkins
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth--don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency. ~ Meryl Streep
Just pray for a thick skin and a tender heart. ~ Ruth Graham
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. ~ J.S. Knox
Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. ~ Joseph Joubert
A man should have a garment with two pockets. In the first pocket should be a piece of paper on which is written: “I am but dust and ashes. I am but a grain of sand.” And in the other pocket is a piece of paper on which is written: “For me the world was created!” ~ Norman Lear, 80