There are two ways of spreading light;
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
~Edith Wharton
We are all spirits of the same God
therefore we are all the same
Man on earth today for the most part
denies this simple beautiful truth
That they do is a sad thing
~John Lennon “I Am the Walrus”
If we are facing in the right direction,
all we have to do is keep on walking.
~Buddhist proverb
The men who try to do something and fail
are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
~Lloyd Jones
By three methods we may learn wisdom:
By reflection, which is the noblest,
By imitation, which is the easiest,
and thirsd by experience, which is the bitterest.
~Confucius
Well behaved women rarely make history
Courage is not the absence of fear, but
rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
~Ambrose Redmoon
Courage is the only magic worth having.
~Erica Jong
It is not because things are difficult that
we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
~Seneca
Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
In three words I can sum up everything
I have learned about life: It goes on.
~Robert Frost
It is better to be a lion for a day than
a sheep all your life.
~Sister Elizabeth Kenny
If we had no winter, the spring would not
be pleasant;
If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
~Anne Bradstreet
"There is a wonderful mythical law
of nature that the three things we crave most in life:
happiness, freedom, and peace of mind, are always attained by giving them to
someone else."
~Peyton Conway March
The most powerful weapon on earth
is the human soul on fire.
~ Ferdinand Foch ~
Come along follow me as I lead through the
darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me and I won't steer you wrong
Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel
We gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march
Through the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors
~"Mosh" Eminem
Change is inevitable, struggle is an option
Every time I'm falling down
All alone I fall to pieces
-Velvet Revolver
What we think or what we believe is, in
the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do.
~John Ruskin
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
~Margaret Mead
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest
aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
~Louisa May Alcott
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles
in it.
~ Margaret Fuller
Don't compromise yourself. You are all
you've got.
~Janis Joplin
Sounds of laughter shades of earth are
ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world
~John Lennon, Across the Universe
"Whenever you find yourself on the
side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
~Mark Twain
But if my life is for rent and I don't
learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cause nothing I have is truly mine
~"Life for Rent" Dido
"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy
every minute of it."
~Bumper Sticker
It is better to conquer yourself than
to win a thousand battles.
The victory is yours; it cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons,
heaven or hell.
~The Dhammapada of Gautama the Buddha
"Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment
to an insane world."
--R.D. Lang
Risk everything for love
You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all i know
But you may be right
~"You May be Right" Billy Joel
"Finally I am one of you, not one
of them. Sadly, I still am."
-Elizabeth Wong
Will I loose my dignity
will somone care
will I wake tommorow
from this nightmare?
~"Rent" Jonathan Larsen
"Artificial intelligence will never
be a match for natural stupidity."
--Anonymous
"A friend is someone who will help
you move; A good friend is someone who will help you move a body."
--Anonymous
In my daughter's eyes I can see the future
A reflection of who I am and what will be
Though she'll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I'm gone I hope you see how happy
she made me
For I'll be there
In my daughter's eyes
~Martina McBride
"Duct tape is like the Force. It has
a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together..."
--Carl Zwanzig
…They exorcised the prairie Spirit
in the name of a new God, technology.
Because it was a God of their making, they believed they were Gods themselves.
And they made a desert. There are incredible possibilities if we are willing
to fail to be Gods.
~John L. McKNight
i am not your rolling wheels
i am the highway
i am not your carpet ride
i am the sky
i am not your blowing wind
i am the sky here
i am not your autumn moon
i am the night
~Audioslave
Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting
all the good things in the world.
-Maya Angelou
If the ocean was vodka and I was a duck
I would swim to the bottom and drink my way up.
But the ocean is not vodka and I'm not a duck
so pass me that bottle and let's get fucked up!
Lust is a tourist
even in his own home;
but accompanied or alone,
Love is an observant traveller
~JonArno Lawson
HOLD FAST TO DREAMS, BECAUSE IF DREAMS
DIE
LIFE IS A BROKEN WINGED BIRD THAT CANNOT FLY.
~Langston Hughes
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses
stand:
Come and see my shining house built upon the sand!
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting
through my opened mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
~John Lennon, Across the Universe
Could you cry a little
Lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I 'm wanting
Something in return
So cry just a little for me
~Faith Hill, Cry
I do not fear the storm
For I've learned to sail my own ship.
- Louisa May Alcott
Those who have hope have everything
-Margaret Boyd
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about
what may happen. Keep in the sunlight.
-Benjamin Franklin
Without courage you cannot practice any of the other
virtues.
-Maya Angelou
Go confidently in the direction of your
dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot
be seen or even touched, they have to be felt with the heart.
-Helen Keller
May the light always find you on a dreary
day.
When you need to be home, may you find your way.
May you always have courage to take a chance.
And may you never find frogs in your underpants.
-Unknown
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
Dwell in possibility
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
What lies behind us and what lies before
us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I've become
-"Bring Me to Life" Evanesence
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth
~Pablo Picasso
I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
-"Unwell" Matchbox 20
*Funny Bumper Stickers*
Save a tree; eat a beaver
I don't believe in violence, so don't make me kill you!
Honk if you're illiterate!!
Fight crime: Shoot back!!!
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
You're the one I need
The way back home is always long
But if you're close to me
I'm holding on
You're the one I need
My real life has just begun
Cause there's nothing like
Your smile made of sun
In a world full of strangers
You're the one I know
-"The One" Shakira
Yesterday is history, tommorow is a mystery - today is a gift.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
- William Blake
I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion...
I rent
- "Rent" Johnathan Larson
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible
summer.
- Albert Calmus
Human existence cannot be silent.
-Paolo Friere
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a
rainy Sunday afternoon.
-Susan Ertz
" You're not friends, you'll never
be friends.
You'll fight and you'll shag and you'll love eachother until it kills you.
Love isn't brains children, it's blood screaming inside to work it's will."
-Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
You can't assume kindness is an inherited
trait
It's a learned behavior.
-Katie Couric
Use your eyes only to look at me
Use your mouth only to kiss my lips
We are branches of the same old tree
So you can cry only is you cry for me
You can laugh only if you laugh for me
Don't forget that you're condemed to me.
-"The Rules" Shakira
To dream of the person you want to be
is to waste the person you are.
-unknown
Before you were concieved I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were an hour I would die for you
That is the miracle of love
-Maureen Hawkins
Passion, it lies in all of us. Sleeping,
waiting and though uneanted, unbidden, it will stir...open up it's jaws and
howl.
It speaks to us...guides us. Passion rules us all and we obey...what other choice
do we have?
Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, clarity of hatred
and the ecstacy of grief.
It hurts sometimes more than we can bear.
If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace, but we
would be hollow. Empty rooms, dark and dank.
Without passion we would be truly dead.
-Angelus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a lovely light!"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
A leader takes people where they want to
go.
A great leader takes people where they don't
necessaarily want to go but ought to.