"Good souls many will one day be horrified at the things they now believe of God." -George MacDonald

"There is only one country: the earth. There is only one people: humanity. There is only one religion: love." - Erasmus

Nancie Atwell says, "Reading
is like breathing chocolate air."

”We are what we read,” and inversely, “We are what we don’t read.” ~~Kelly Gallagher

“If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for weeks.” – Author Unknown

It is hard to reason a person out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into in the first place.-unknown

"True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively." ~Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck~

Very inspiring sermon on TV--BTW I don't watch sermons on TV ususally. The gist of it is that if a person is in front of you who is very thirsty, you give them a cup of cold water. You don't try to change how they think, or live, or anything else. Just give them the water. I hope I do that in my classroom every day.