Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Living

"Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman

Image:  Red Tulip by Emmalynne.

On Being A Little Better

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Aristotle

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On Fighting and Freedom

"It don't make no difference to me, baby.  Everybody's had to fight to be free.  You see, you don't have to live like a refugee." 

Tom Petty

On Being A Little Better

"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle

Image:  Velvet by Carl Christensen.

On Being A Little Better

"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.  Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth."

Mahatma Gandhi

On Being A Little Better

"Hating people because of their color is wrong.  And it doesn't matter which color does the hating.  It's just plain wrong."

Muhammad Ali