Open Heart

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
~Carlos Santana

A Nation

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
~John F. Kennedy

Colors & Shapes

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.
~Georgia O’Keeffe

Long Road

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
~Bessie Smith

Dream

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ~Langston Hughes

Triviality

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ~Oscar Wilde

"Girls"

Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand. ~Benny Hill

Judgment

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. ~Rita Mae Brown

Sharps & Flats

Roaming through the jungle of 'oohs' and 'ahs', searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
~Duke Ellington

Pollution

Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.
~Ronald Reagan

Petty/Sweaty

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. ~George Carlin

Success

To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world -- that I am able to change it in positive ways. ~Maxine Hong Kingston

Insults

Insults should be written in the sand, and praises carved in stone. ~Arab Proverb

Blame

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame. ~Erica Jong

A Child

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Compromise

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. ~Janis Joplin

Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ~Cicero

War

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
~Albert Einstein

Inferiority

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Humility

It ain't the heat, it's the humility. ~Yogi Berra

Giving

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ~Maya Angelou

NOW

If not now, when?
~The Talmud

Optimism

Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
~Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)

Darkness

Seeing into darkness is clarity, knowing how to yield is strength. ~Lao Tse