"Were I to be the founder of a new sect,
I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Begin with the possible; begin with one step."
~G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949)
"The Road has two rules only: begin and continue."
~Christmas Humphreys (1901-1983)
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- -German Proverb
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
- Henry Ward Beecher
"It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary."
~Paul Valery (1871-1945)
So many of the most important creative ideas happen collaboratively.
- Steven Johnson
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
- Madeleine L'Engle
"Dorothy Day said - and I'm sure that Kathy Kelly would say the same thing - 'I'm working toward a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.' Now, think about that: a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently."
~Studs Terkel (1912-2008)
"Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If someone leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce that person's soul."
~Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
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