Thinking

I’d love to soar… over the land Like an eagle, high above Just soaring From the mouth of Pine Lick Creek to the top of the hills Where the Bee Ridge ends Let my soul drift to painless places And…

“For love of domination we must substitute equality; for love of victory we must substitute justice; for brutality we must substitute intelligence; for competition we must substitute co-operation. We must learn to think of the human race as one family.”…

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time” – André Gide

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. – Buddha

If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the…

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama Please share your own inspirational quotes with me. See week 1 of this feature for details.

Good prose is like a windowpane. — George Orwell, “Why I Write” To find out what this is all about and how to participate, please see last week’s post.

I often find myself reading something beautiful over the weekend, only to forget it as I get all caught up in the craziness of the week. So I thought I’d start posting some inspirational quotes here each Monday morning, in…