"If one remains on a journey of spiritual growth,
ones capacity for love grows and grows."
M. S. Peck

"...the journey is a long one and requires
time for your capacity to grow."
Me short-quoting M. S. Peck

"Count up the number of places
you have lived so far in your life."
R. Fulghum

"...all human interactions are opportunities
either to learn or to teach."
Me short-quoting M. S. Peck

"Efforts and courage are not enough
without purpose and direction."
J. F. Kennedy

"...change my perception,
or, failing that,
ignore my perception.
Me short-quoting Chuck Lorre

"...relinquish all childish expectations and live joyfully in the world as it is --
not as I wish or imagine it to be..."
Me short-quoting Chuck Lorre

"Next time you are crying,
try to remember
the last time you were laughing."
M. Alibrando

"Invest in the human family.
Invest in people."
M. Schwartz

"We all have the same beginning - birth -
and we all have the same end - death.
so how different can we be."
M. Schwartz

"If we saw each other as more alike,
we might be very eager to
join in one big human family
in this world and care about that family
the way we care about our own."
M. Schwartz

"Look, no matter where you live,
the biggest defect we humans have
is our shortsightedness.
We don't see what we could be."
M. Schwartz

"Love each other or perish."
M. Schwartz

"The best things are worth repeating."
M. Alibrando

"What I know about real life suggest
those are not unreasonable answers to
the and-then-what-happened questions."
R. Fulghum

"I am in tune with the universe.
It feels like home."
R. Fulghum

"...my beliefs are my responsibility,  not yours."
R. Bach

"If it is never our fault,
we can't take responsibility for it.
If we can't take responsibility for it,
we'll always be it's victim."
R. Bach

"The right word may be effective,
but no word was ever as effective
as a rightly timed pause."
M. Twain

"If you want to grow as a person,
prove that you understand
the power of silence."
M. Alibrando

"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."
M. Twain

"We paint a perfect unique digital portrait of who we shall be,
each yes every no is one more tiny dot of our picture.
The more decisive we are, the clearer our painting."
R. Bach

"Happiness is the reward we get
for living the highest right we know."
R. Bach

"We know nothing until intuition agrees."
R. Bach

"When in doubt,
trust those you love -
all of them."
R. Fulghum

"When you pull a propeller through compression,
don't be surprised if the engine starts."
R. Bach

"Love is more powerful than prejudice."
Me Short-quoting R. Fulghum

"More than anything in this life,
we hope for happy endings."
R. Fulghum

"Try to laugh as often as you cry."
M. Alibrando

"Sometimes people have to find out things for themselves."
R. Fulghum

"Avoid problems, and you'll never
be the one who overcame them."
Leslie Parish via R. Bach

"Sometimes people have to
find out things for themselves."
R. Funghum

"These are my principles.
If you don’t like them I have others."
G. Marx

"I would never die for my beliefs
because I might be wrong."
B. Russell