Barbara Kingsolver

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.

Barack Obama

We know too that whatever our differences, there is one law that binds all great religions together. Jesus told us to ‘love thy neighbor as thyself.’ The Torah commands, ‘That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.’ In Islam, there is a hadith that reads ‘None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself’.’ And the same is true for Buddhists and Hindus; for followers of Confucius and for humanists. It is, of course, the Golden Rule – the call to love one another; to understand one another; to treat with dignity and respect those with whom we share a brief moment on this Earth.

February 3, 2010

May Sarton

…to be always hopeful gardeners of the spirit
knowing that without darkness nothing comes to birth,
As without light nothing flowers.

from "Gardeners of the Spirit"

William Blake

He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy.
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise.

from "Eternity"

Egyptian, c. 1500 BCE

So, seize the day! Hold holiday!

Be unwearied, unceasing, alive,

you and your own true love;

Let not your heart be troubled

during your sojourn on earth,

but seize the day as it passes!

from "The Song of he Harper"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Mohandas Gandhi

Be the change you want to see in the world.