‎"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." -G.K. Chesterton

‎"It seems to me that the Christian church must start teaching what Jesus taught about violence - that it is forbidden for those who wish to follow him - or our so-called "Christian" nation won’t be able to stop the deadly suicidal/homicidal cycle of war that has been bankrupting America, both financially and morally, for decades." --Gary G. Kohls

VICTOR FRANKL…
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE…
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”

‎"Getting even has never healed anyone." - Eva Moses Kor

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
Frederick Douglass

Be careful who you call your friends. I'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.

Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstances of your life but from the conditioning of your mind.....Eckhart Tolle

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. - Carl Jung

The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. - Frederick Buechner

All people want and have the right to be treated with Dignity and Respect, No Exceptions. The only way we can do this is by separating people from their behavior. Behavior is not always worthy of respect, but the person always is...♥ Gail Pursell Elliott.

‎"The number of people who have fled the church because it is too patient or compassionate is negligible; the number who have fled because they find it too unforgiving is tragic." - Brennan Manning