Category Archives: Quote

On Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

Risk to Blossom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anais Nin “And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful then the risk it took toContinue reading “QUOTE FOR OUR WEEK”

Green Bough & Singing Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Arthur Ward A Chinese proverb expresses this truth: “If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.” Here are five “green boughs” weContinue reading “Our Quote for the week”

Voices: Walter Isaacson Says Physicist’s Religious Beliefs Informed His View of Science April 8, 2007 — – Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Ben Franklin and Henry Kissinger, is tackling Albert Einstein in his new book, “Einstein: His Life and Universe.” According Isaacson, Einstein, arguably the greatest scientist of the 20th century, struggled with God. Isaacson:Continue reading “Biographer: Einstein Struggled with God”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Ghandi

Excellence of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aristotle “To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.”

Meaning of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leo Tolstoy “The meaning of life lies in two major areas: your personal perfection and service to other people. You can serve while you are movingContinue reading “QUOTE FOR OUR WEEK”

“A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image…. “-Joan Didion

“The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.” – Sir Winston Churchill

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” – Mark Twain