Contemplative Quotes
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. - Ralph W. Sockman
Not all those who wander are lost. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. - Billy Joel
A leader takes people where they want to go.  A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
- Rosalyn Carter
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts, but of values."
- William Ralph Inge
Our lives are books, written in our own blood on the tattered pages of time. - Ryan K. Miller I
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. - Mark Twain
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope.  Love of the past implies faith in the future. - Stephen Ambrose
Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. - G. Randolf
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. - Luciano de Crescenzo
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. - Henri-Frederic Ameil
Education is more than filling a child with facts.  It starts with posing questions. - D.T. Max
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together.  It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. - Dave Meurer
The less their ability, the more their conceit. - Ahad HaAm
It is said that if there were no darkness in the world, it would not be possible to see the light; if this is the case, starlight is all the more rich for its illumination of the night sky. - Scott Fowler
The best way to get people to think out of the box is not to create the box in the first place. - Martin Cooper
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. - George Bernard Shaw
Take away love, and our earth is a tomb. - Robert Browning
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. - Michael J. Fox
I hold you close today for fear off losing you tomorrow.
- Anonymous
Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again.  What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
The incomparable beauty of life is not discovered with the eyes or the mind, but with the soul. - George Webster Douglas
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
If you're quiet, you're not living.  You've got to be noisy and colourful and lively. - Mel Brooks