Giving Thanks

“Of all the things I’ve learned in life there is one thing that stands out as most important. That is to cultivate a grateful heart no matter what our circumstances are, because in the darkest moments it is only gratitude that can illuminate our way to a better place.” CSRoth, 2011

Bravery

“The brave man is not he who feels no fear, for that were stupid and irrational; but he whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravery dares the danger nature shrinks from.” Joanna Baille

Wisdom from the Tao

“The heavens endure; the earth is very old. Why? Because they do not exist for themselves, they therefor have long life. The truly wise are content to be last; they are therefor first. They are indifferent to themselves; they are therefore self-confident. Perhaps it is because they do not exist for themselves that they find…

Character

“I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house tops.” Oscar Wilde, De profundis

Faith

“If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or could it be the same thing under another mask?” Grahm Greene, 1904-1991 English novelist