“What would my world be…”

“What would my world be like if I didn’t think this thought?”

“The hero is the one…”

The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.
– Felix Adler

“The ideal society of the Taoists was….”

“The ideal society of the Taoists was cooperative, not acquisitive.”
- Joseph Needham

“Little progress can be made…”

“Little progress can be
made by merely attempting
to repress what is evil;
our great hope lies in
developing what is good.”

– Calvin Coolidge

“It’s better to…”

“It’s better to light a candle
than to curse the darkness.”

– Chinese proverb

“We need a renaissance….”

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.
– E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends. 
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin