Quotes
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Natural Healing Force
“Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed… Continue reading
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Read What You Want To Read
“Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.” ~ Joyce Carol Oates Continue reading
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Leadership
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” ~ Rosalynn Carter Continue reading
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Three Friends
“We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we’ve cleared the way.” ~ Michelle Obama Continue reading
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The Wise Man
“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss Continue reading
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Climate Change
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today. ~William Hague Continue reading
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Endangered Species
What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing. ~Jay Inslee Continue reading
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Who You Are
“To me, clothing is a form of self-expression – there are hints about who you are in what you wear.” ~ Marc Jacobs Continue reading
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Human Conception
“Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.” ~ Sri Aurobindo Continue reading
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Human Rights
“The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.” ~ Julian Bond Continue reading
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The Rule of Fools
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” ~ Plato Continue reading
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Equal Right
“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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Be Who You Are
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown Continue reading
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Wisdom Is Everywhere
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. ~ Josh Billings Continue reading
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Wisdom And Learning
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ~ Sandra Carey Continue reading
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Learn By Doing
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” ~ Richard Branson Continue reading
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Sublime Natural Beauty
To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt. ~ Eleanor Catton Continue reading
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Vain And Inspiring Men
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” ~ Samuel Adams Continue reading
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What Is
“The ‘what should be’ never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no ‘what should be,’ there is only what is.” ~ Lenny Bruce Continue reading
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Voting
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting. ~Charles Bukowski Continue reading
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Reading Is The Key
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg Continue reading
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“The majority of men…
“The majority of men… are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and… are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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You Were Meant To Be
“Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you’ve been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.” ~ H. G. Wells Continue reading
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Elections Belong To The People
“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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Octopus On Roller Skates
Talent without discipline, is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr. Continue reading
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Herd Mentality
The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we… Continue reading
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Self-Control
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. ~ Franz Kafka Continue reading
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Intuitive And Rational Mind
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Remembering A Civil Rights Icon – John Lewis, May you Rest In Peace
“You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.” ~ John Lewis Continue reading
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Population Growth
It’s coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It’s not just climate change; it’s sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world it for us right now. ~ David Attenborough Continue reading
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I love being an introvert…
“I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.” ~ Audrey Hepburn Continue reading
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Men Marry Women …..
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.” ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 