Powerful Quotes!!!!
Moderator: maestra
Housing migrants
“I recommend converting Mar-a-Lago into migrant housing.
Undocumented workers have been welcome there for years.”
Undocumented workers have been welcome there for years.”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Reappraisal time
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Mount up !
"Now look, your grace," said Sancho, "what you see over there aren't giants, but windmills, and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone."
"Obviously," replied Don Quijote, "you don't know much about adventures”
"Obviously," replied Don Quijote, "you don't know much about adventures”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
And then...
We each “have the freedom to test all the flaws inherent in our own desires”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Charge !
Let us plant a trillion trees in celebration of the moon landing to ensure our earthscape does not become moonscape. Let the world’s military lead the charge, recognizing the climate change as a clear and present danger. -me
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Out on a limb
“ Love is a tree
With branches
In forever
With roots
In eternity
And a trunk
Nowhere at all”
With branches
In forever
With roots
In eternity
And a trunk
Nowhere at all”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Donald Sutherland turning 80
"Getting old is like having a new profession, except it's not a profession of your own choosing”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Who you gonna butter up?
"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone. It has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new."
—Ursula K Le Guin
—Ursula K Le Guin
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
What will you go to jail for ?
"I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace. I was trying to disturb the war."
—Joan Baez
—Joan Baez
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Messy ?
"Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist’s true friend. What people somehow (inadvertently, I’m sure) forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here...."
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Our country
“The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
― Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
How do they know when it's time ?
"Leaves don''t drop; they just let go"
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
love or hate
"We do in fact love or hate our enemies to the same degree that we love or hate ourselves. In the image of the enemy we will find the mirror in which we may see our own faces most clearly."
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Apples and oranges
“The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Picture it
“Art can make you think and feel. It doesn’t have to match your couch.”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Aging compromise
“Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Lighten up
"You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you."
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Let’s make a deal !
“If Republicans stop telling lies about Democrats then
the Democrats will stop telling the truth about Republicans.”
the Democrats will stop telling the truth about Republicans.”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Eisenhower
“Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.”
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."
Dance, eh.
"The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life…the more we involve ourselves in sadness, absurdity, and despair. But it does not matter much, because no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed, we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very blood, whether we want it to or not. Yet the fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the winds, and join in the glorious dance.
'Every Day is a god, each day a goddess and holiness pours forth in time."