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  • George Bernard Shaw
    "Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends."
    — George Bernard Shaw


  • George Bernard Shaw
    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
    — George Bernard Shaw


  • Albert Einstein
    "A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
    — Albert Einstein


  • Bertrand Russell
    "Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
    — Bertrand Russell


  • Margaret Mead
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
    — Margaret Mead


  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
    "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
    — Ralph Waldo Emerson


  • Michael Chabon
    "There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal."
    — Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)


  • Siddhārtha Gautama
    "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
    — Siddhārtha Gautama


  • Mahatma Gandhi
    "Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
    — Mahatma Gandhi


  • John Lennon
    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
    — John Lennon


  • E.B. White
    "If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
    — E.B. White


  • Marianne Williamson
    "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
    — Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles)


  • John Lennon
    "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one."
    — John Lennon


  • Siddhārtha Gautama
    "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"
    — Siddhārtha Gautama


  • Francis Of Assisi
    "All the darkness in the world can't extinguish the light from a single candle."
    — Francis Of Assisi (The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi)


  • Maya Angelou
    "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
    — Maya Angelou


  • Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
    " Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind wanders off. We try to keep stress at bay, but anxiety keeps us awake at night. We try to be good to the people we love, but then we forget them and put ourselves first. And when we want to change our life, we dive into spiritual practice and expect quick results, only to lose focus after the honeymoon has worn off. We return to our state of bewilderment. We're left feeling helpless and discouraged. It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our minds?"
    — Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche


  • Dr. Seuss
    "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
    — Dr. Seuss


  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
    And all the sweet serenity of books"
    — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


  • Rainer Maria Rilke
    "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
    — Rainer Maria Rilke


  • Martin Luther King Jr.
    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
    — Martin Luther King Jr.


  • "It is time to browse through the precious books that have meant the most to you that you may rediscover illuminating phrases and sentences to light your pathway to the future..."
    — Wilferd Peterson


  • Ani DiFranco
    "Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define."
    — Ani DiFranco


  • Emily Dickinson
    "To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."
    — Emily Dickinson


  • Rachel Carson
    "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
    — Rachel Carson


  • Ani DiFranco
    "When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair."
    — Ani DiFranco


  • Ani DiFranco
    "The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world. "
    — Ani DiFranco


  • Ani DiFranco
    "Taken out of context, I must seem so strange
    "
    — Ani DiFranco (Ani Difranco: Verses)


  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    "We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness."
    — Thich Nhat Hanh


  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    "People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."
    — Thich Nhat Hanh


  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    "Because you are alive, everything is possible."
    — Thich Nhat Hanh


  • Barbara Kingsolver
    "The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof."
    — Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams)


  • Barbara Kingsolver
    "I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath of life and rises; another god expires." "
    — Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible)


  • "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
    — Bessie Anderson Stanley


  • Albert Einstein
    "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
    — Albert Einstein


  • Joseph Campbell
    "If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."
    — Joseph Campbell


  • "We find the strangest things to be frightened about in a life where there is no real danger, no real threat, and so we invent fears that would be absurd in a Borneo head-hunter, or an African mercenary. We become scared of success, choices we've made, scared of not getting there- wherever there may be. Scared of painting, scared of writing, scared of leaving the house, scared of missing out, scared of starting, scared of finishing. here, simply because life is so certain, we become terrified of it."
    — Craig Bolland


  • Max Lucado
    ""Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times...
    If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God."
    "
    — Max Lucado


  • Michael Upchurch
    "The ultimate luxury is to reread: to revisit a book to see how time has treated it, how memory has distorted it, or how my own passing years have cast a new light on it."
    — Michael Upchurch


  • John F. Kennedy
    "If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.""
    — John F. Kennedy


  • "I give you this to take with you:
    Nothing remains as it was. If you know this, you can
    begin again, with pure joy in the uprooting."
    — Judith Minty (Letters to My Daughters)


  • "Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world."
    — Frank Warren


  • Siddhārtha Gautama
    "In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."
    — Siddhārtha Gautama


  • Simone de Beauvoir
    "In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation."
    — Simone de Beauvoir


  • Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
    "I, you, he, she, we
    In the garden of mystic lovers,
    these are not true distinctions."
    — Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi


  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
    "Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
    — Nathaniel Hawthorne


  • Elizabeth Gilbert
    "People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

    A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

    A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..."
    — Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)


  • "Mother always said she was a size 7 woman she kept wrapped in fat to prevent bruising."
    — Haven Kimmel


  • "I am hyper vigilant and would be dangerous if threatened.... If someone broke into my house or attacked me in the street, it's THEM I would fear for.... But as Yo La Tengo recently put it so succinctly: I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass."
    — Haven Kimmel


  • " 'That cat doesn't have a lick of sense,' I said, sighing.
    'Well, honey, he's not right in the head,' Dad said, flipping his cigarette into the front yard.
    I glared at him. 'And just what do you mean by that?'
    Dad counted on his fingers. 'He's cross-eyed; he jumps out of trees after birds and then doesn't land on his feet; he sleeps with his head smashed up against the wall, and the tip of his tail is crooked.'
    'Oh yeah? Well, how about this: he once got locked in a basement by evil Petey Scroggs in the middle of January and survived on snow and little frozen mice. When I'm cold at night he sleeps right on my face. Of that whole litter of kittens he came out of he's the only one left. One of his brothers didn't even have a butthole.'
    'I stand corrected. PeeDink is a survivor.'

    "
    — Haven Kimmel (Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana)



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