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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall--confucius

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." anon

A man is but the product of his thoughts--what he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi


I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but still I can do something;
and because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do something that I can do. edward everett hale
Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims -- laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? (Isaiah 10:1-3, The Message)

There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad w/radiance. william sharp

I think no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth? edward giobbi

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. marcel proust

I am only one, but still I am one.I cannot do everything,but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything,I will not refuse to do something that I can do. edward everett hale




Tuesday, December 26, 2017

dec 2017

from the week dec 22 2017

some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.  fulton sheen

there is nothing so fretting and vexatious, nothing so justly terrible to tyrants, and their tools and abettors, as a free press.  samuel adams

there is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when 'our' side commits it.  george orwell

a society is moving toward dangerous ground when loyalty to the truth is seen as disloyalty to some supposedly higher interest.  canon mark oakley



dec 5 2014

right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.   quaker william penn

hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.  francois de la rochefoucauld

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