Integrity + hate cannot co-exist ~ FireFly

Suspicion rusts the soul. ~ FireFly

The broken person becomes whole, by learning to trust. ~ FireFly

The principal goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
- Jean Piaget (1896-1980) Swiss cognitive psychologist.

What we have learned from other becomes our own reflection. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What sculpture is to a block of marble,
education is to the human soul. - Joseph Addison

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. - William A. Foster

Every relationship is a gift of the spirit that seeks our gratitude and our openness to listen to why the spirit has brought us together. - Marie-Noelle Anderson

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to
study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams (1735 - 1826)

If you don't like the news, go out and make your own. - graffiti observed on a Berkely newsstand in the 1960s.

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"If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge." - Deepak Chopra

"I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy. Yhe best, the only real training you can get is from reading other people's books." - Zadie Smith

[not a closet jam, but I'm definitely a closet fan of 'Mr' Blake]

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. - William Blake

wait... there's more

What is now proved was once only imagined. (William Blake)

To see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wild flower, / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand / And eternity in an hour. (William Blake)

The nakedness of woman is the work of God. (William Blake)

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. (William Blake)

quote:

Originally posted by FireFly:
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

- Duke Ellington

LOL...

The quotes for today are love quotes. Give someone a warm smile or a hug today... just coz.

"Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty,
Often hot and fierce,
But still only light and flickering.
As love grows older,
Our hearts mature
And our love becomes as coals,
Deep-burning and unquenchable." - Bruce Lee

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life, that word is Love." - Socrates

"To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it." - Samuel Butler

"Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free....
Will never fly away."
- Dick Sutphen

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu

"Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration." - Anon

"A good book is at once the best companion, and guide, and way, and end of our journey." - Bishop J. Hall, Quo Vadis? 1617

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood". - Marie Curie

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel
read only a page." - Augustine (354-430)