This one made me blush...
 

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.


Ralph Waldo Emerson

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unanswered questions torture the soul more than any other injury human beings can inflict on it. if, during the course of your life, you can leave as few questions as possible unanswered in the minds and hearts of those who knew you then you will have truly understood what it is to be compassionate.

henry david thoreau

"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back".........Babe Ruth

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.


*Albert Einstein

"Entre lo que existe y lo que no existe, el espacio es el amor.

"(Between that which exists and that which does not is the space called Love.)"
- Anonymous

"Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments."

— Rainer Maria Rilke


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― Rosamunde Pilcher, Winter Solstice
 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.


-Martin Luther King Jr.

“True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.”
― Nicholas Sparks

“I layed still, in the darkness, in the pain. My mind searching for answers. How could she take something so beautiful and destroy it ? How could she be okay with this? How could she do this to someone who loved her so deeply? When the body is struck by pain that is overwhelming, it is always numb at first. Numb in the silence, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, sharp sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem. Fear and doom stung me raw , as if I had been skinned alive”
― The Vera Wood Files

“I wanted to be his life preserver, the thing that would keep him afloat. Instead, he became my anchor. And I’m tired of treading water.”
― Amanda Grace

To all the "helpers" out there....thank you.
 

Years ago, Fred Rogers — you know him as Mr. Rogers — identified those people as the ones to watch when bad things unfolded on television.

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping,'" he once said. "To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world."


Katniss~~

"Do not mess with the forces of Nature , for thou art small and biodegradable!" - Anon

This is the kind of Friend
You are -
Without making me realize
My soul's anguished history,
You slip into my house at night,
And while I am sleeping,
You silently carry off
All my suffering and sordid past
In Your beautiful
Hands.

-Hafiz

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
--Frederick Douglass

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
--Pablo Picasso

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
--Plato

For I have learned that every heart will get
What it prays for
Most.

-Hafiz