Plato: be kind...

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Margaret Young: Often people attempt to live...

'Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.'

Action and reaction...

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error,
change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear;
out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

Will Durant - Education is

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Change and Acceptance

“Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.”

William Makepeace Thackeray - Mother is the name...

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."
--William Makepeace Thackeray

One must still

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. -Nietzsche

For Our Mothers...

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
- Anonymous

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
- Abraham Lincoln

Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.
- John S.C. Abbott

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
- Sophia Loren

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

'One can't believe impossible things...'

A few quotes for the weekend....

'Count your age with friends but not with years.'

'Always laugh when you can. It is cheaper than medicine.'

'Normal is only a cycle on a washing machine.'

'The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.'

'To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.'

'I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them.'