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12/25/05

thankful - Todd Beeler

"If you can't feel gratitude for what came to you, be thankful for what avoided you"

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thankful - Todd Beeler

"If you can't feel gratitude for what came to you, be thankful for what avoided you"

12/25/05

12/6/05

Washington Irving

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ?

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Washington Irving

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ?

12/6/05

12/6/05

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is

12/6/05

12/6/05

Strict economy in the use of natural resources has not been practiced, but it must be henceforth

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Strict economy in the use of natural resources has not been practiced, but it must be henceforth

12/6/05

12/6/05

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs! - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn

On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs! - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12/6/05

12/6/05

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Mother

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If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Mother

12/6/05

12/6/05

In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there? -Harold Pinter

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In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there? -Harold Pinter

12/6/05

12/5/05

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or

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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or

12/5/05

12/5/05

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~ John

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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~ John

12/5/05

12/5/05

Eleanor Roosevelt

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people -Eleanor

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people -Eleanor

12/5/05

12/5/05

Frederick W. Faber

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence or learning. ? Frederick W. Faber

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Frederick W. Faber

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence or learning. ? Frederick W. Faber

12/5/05

12/5/05

Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option...they will become a necessity. - Fujio

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Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option...they will become a necessity. - Fujio

12/5/05

12/5/05

Dwight David Eisenhower

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their

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Dwight David Eisenhower

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their

12/5/05

12/5/05

All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge.

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All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal, valuable knowledge.

12/5/05

12/5/05

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is

12/5/05

12/5/05

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. - Mohandas K.

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Mohandas K. Gandhi

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. - Mohandas K.

12/5/05

12/5/05

If you stop calling him your opponent, then perhaps he can join you as a partner. -Tristan J. Loo

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If you stop calling him your opponent, then perhaps he can join you as a partner. -Tristan J. Loo

12/5/05

12/5/05

Albert Einstein

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it. -Albert

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Albert Einstein

As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it. -Albert

12/5/05

12/5/05

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. ? Blaise Pascal

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Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. ? Blaise Pascal

12/5/05

12/4/05

Franklin Roosevelt

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the

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Franklin Roosevelt

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the

12/4/05

12/4/05

Even silence speaks - Hausa proverb

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Even silence speaks - Hausa proverb

12/4/05

12/4/05

Richards, M. C.

A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in front of the other." --

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Richards, M. C.

A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in front of the other." --

12/4/05

12/4/05

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

12/4/05

12/4/05

William S. Burroughs

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager

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William S. Burroughs

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager

12/4/05

12/4/05

Sir William Haley

Education would be much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave

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Sir William Haley

Education would be much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave

12/4/05

12/4/05

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

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It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

12/4/05

12/4/05

François de La Rochefoucauld

Who lives without folly isn't as reasonable as he thinks he is. - François de La Rochefoucauld (

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François de La Rochefoucauld

Who lives without folly isn't as reasonable as he thinks he is. - François de La Rochefoucauld (

12/4/05

The Jabberwock2

12/4/05

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing

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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing

12/4/05

12/4/05

Ezra Loomis Pound

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great

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Ezra Loomis Pound

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great

12/4/05

12/4/05

Sir Thomas Browne

The long habit of living disposeth us for dying. - Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia

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Sir Thomas Browne

The long habit of living disposeth us for dying. - Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia

12/4/05

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