posted September 14, 2010 11:24 PM            

~ Nelson Mandela ♥

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."

posted October 08, 2010 10:16 AM              

The time of the encounter is now.

posted November 22, 2010 04:52 PM            

love is also
doing what is good for someone
whatever the cost
at the moment

sometimes, it's leaving
.. for a while

and the love is shown then
in the pain given

for pain is a lesson
best learned
from the one who loves you the most

posted January 17, 2011 11:03 AM            

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

posted January 22, 2011 02:29 PM            

only as far as I seek can I go.

Only as deep as I look can I see,

...only as much as I dream can I be."

posted February 15, 2011 12:56 PM            

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.

To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.

To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.

~by Christian D. Larson

posted March 11, 2011 02:31 AM            

"Life-stirring Venus, Mother of Aeneas and of Rome,
Pleasure of men and gods, you make all things beneath the
dome.
For you, the oceans laugh, the skies grow peaceful after showers,
Awash with light. For soon as morning wears the face of spring,
And the West Wind is free and freshens, warm and quickening,
The airy tribe of birds, O Holy One, is first to start
Heralding your approach, struck with your power through the
heart;
…
I invite you Goddess, stand beside me, be my partner as I write
…"