inspiring quotes....

There are so many great quotes out there here are just a few great ones from www.quotationspage.com


The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. Herbert Agar

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts. Peter McWilliams, Life 101, 1991

Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)

I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004

Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.
Scott Westerfeld, Extras, 2007

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul. W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner. Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004

And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama. Real Live Preacher, reallivepreacher.com weblog, September 4, 2003

We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith. Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002

What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly. Shakti Gawain

Desire, ask, believe, receive. Stella Terrill Mann