Sunday, July 7, 2013

Dalai Lama



Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Thomas Paine (1737-1809)




"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."
- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

Friday, July 5, 2013

Jim Morrison (1943-1971)



Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)





The will to change begins in the body not in the mind
My politics is in my body, accruing and expanding with every act of resistance and each of my failures.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Elisabeth Kubler Ross (1926-2004)



Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)



Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

Monday, July 1, 2013

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)



People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.