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In 1993, when I first started playing with the internet, I put my personal quotes collection on a web page. My intention was really to have it readily available to…
Anna Garlin Spencer
Quotations on a variety of topics from Anna Garlin Spencer. Spencer was, at the beginning of the 20th century, one of the most recognized experts in and writers about the…
America Quotes (USA)
Quotations about America (the common short way to say The United States of America). What does America mean to different people, in different places, in different times? What does it…
Health Quotes
Quotations about health, being healthy. At a minimum, health is wellness, being free from illness or injury, and often is seen as more than that, a state of thriving, vigor,…
Sadness and Sorrow Quotes
Sadness is the feeling that is the opposite of happiness or joy: an emotion of unhappiness. It's "the blues" or "feeling down." Sorrow is the word we use for deep…
Joy Quotes
Joy -- that state of delight or gladness or exuberance that is full of pleasure and satisfaction. What brings us joy? These quotes give us a taste of what others…
Possibility Quotes
What is possible? What could happen? What are some alternatives to current reality, or to our current limited imagined futures? Here are some quotes about possibility to ponder.
Plans and Planning Quotes
To plan means to envision a future and the steps that it takes to get there. Here are some wise words from many sources about plans and planning.
Change Quotes
Personal change, social change, change in our environment — change, as the quote goes, is the only constant in life. Yet managing change, choosing change, sticking with positive change — that can be difficult.
Yes and No
When do we say YES and when do we say NO? Making choices can protect our self from unhappiness -- or from happiness! Here are some quotes from writers about…
Commitment Quotes
The root of "commitment" is about joining with others, engaging, giving your trust, sending with a purpose. To be committed is to be dedicated to a purpose, cause, or action.…
Beloved Community Quotes
Josiah Royce first used the term “The Beloved Community” to describe a condition of reconciliation. Royce also founded the Fellowship of Reconciliation, of which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a member. King popularized the term. The Beloved Community was not meant to be a vision of a heaven in the clouds, but a practical possibility humanity could create, on earth, as a spiritual goal. In Beloved Community, love and justice rule, people of all identities are equal and included, and conflict is solved by nonviolent means of reconciliation.
Stillness Quotes
Stillness quotes consider whether stillness is the opposite of activity, or another kind of activity. What does stillness bring to our lives? How can we practice stillness?