"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 Breathnach
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
High expectations are the key to everything. ~ Sam Walton
God respects me when I work and loves me when I sing. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing. ~ Kingsley Amis
