“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.”  Khalil Gibran  “…It’s got the best food. It’s ...

“Who made the mountains, who made the trees who made the rivers flow to the sea and who sends the rain when the earth is dry somebody bigger than you and I. Who made the flowers to bloom in the spring who made the song for the robins to sing and who hung the moon […]

“I know the beds are rumpled still and dishes fill the sink, but for this moment, they’ll remain…for now I must just think. This quiet time of solitude, I need it now and then, or else, as busy days fly by, the true life…it will end. T’was only for a moment that I took the […]

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were: […]

“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things, therefore, that I can do, any good kindness that I can show a fellow being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” Stephen Grellett Proverbs 16:31“The silver-haired ...

“Shall I compare you to a summer’s day? You are more lovely and more moderate: Harsh winds disturb the delicate buds of May, and summer doesn’t last long enough. Sometimes the sun is too hot, and its golden face is often dimmed by clouds. All beautiful things eventually become less beautiful, ...

“Never said there wouldn’t be trials, never said I wouldn’t fall, never said that everything would go the way I want it to go; but when my back is against the wall and I feel all hope is gone, I’ll just lift my head up to the sky and say help me to be strong. I […]

"Because I'm happy … clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Because I'm happy … clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth. Because I'm happy … clap along if you know what happiness is to you. Because I'm happy … clap along if you ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]

"A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men — and people in general." Lorraine Hansberry I met this "Phenomenal Women" many years ago and like so many ...

"If I kicked the bucket tomorrow, I would like it to be known that I founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942, organized the freedom rides in 1961, and attempted to bring Gandhian techniques of nonviolence to the struggle for racial equality in this country." James Farmer ...

“How can I say thanks for the things you have done for me? Things so undeserved, yet you gave to prove your love for me; the voices of a million angels could not express my gratitude. All that I am and ever hope to be, I owe it all to Thee. To God be the glory.” […]