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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed read more
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. -Alexander Graham Bell.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter read more
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Thanks to Ellen Fletcher -Albert Schweitzer.
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a read more
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).
There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's read more
There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. -Alan Paton.
To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene read more
To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene Cloutier.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. -Ralph Ellison.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. -Ralph Ellison.
The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo read more
The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo Casals.
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the read more
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle.
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.