In Silence There Is Safety

I have no ambitions.
I am what I do.
And burning inside me.
As bright as the sun.
My God and creator is having some fun.
( Rose Winfold )

Our body is the house and our soul is the tenant.

Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain.
And most do.
( Dale Carnegie )

If only we could drill a hole in the skull of some people to let the stupid out.

Always help someone, animal or human.
You might be the only one who does.
( Dion Felsrow )

Those who criticise the present generation are often those who raised it.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
( Nelson Mandela )

There’s nothing scarier than getting what you want.
Because that’s when you really have something to lose.

In order for good things to come your way, you must believe you deserve them.
( Len Firswood )

Being challenged in life is inevitable.
Being defeated is optional.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”
( Erma Bombeck )

Everyone has that one drawer in their house that’s full of shit.

I don’t stand for black man’s side.
I don’t stand for white man’s side, I stand for God’s side.
( Bob Marley )

If you were to die tonight, with no opportunity to contact anyone.
What would you most regret not having told someone?
Why haven’t you told them yet?

To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be wise or wealthy.
You just have to be there when they need you.
( Dion Felsrow )

I’ve never met a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim or an Atheist.
I’ve only met other humans, some of whom have let themselves be divided by labels.

Life was created to be loved.
Material things made to be used.
Sadly, things are now loved, and life is being used.
( Florence Emily Hookins, 1896-1962 )

As you get older you will understand more and more that it’s not about what you look like or what you own, it’s all about the person you have become.
( Len Firswood )

Poverty is not an accident.
Like slavery and Apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.
( Nelson Mandela )

In silence there is safety, there is quiet peace, and our thoughts are free.
( Florence Emily Hookins, 1896-1962 )

The coldest heart is no match for the warmth of a smile.
( Mary Elizabeth Boorer, 1915-1993 )

The words left unspoken are sometimes the loudest in someone else’s mind.
( Dion Felsrow )

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
( Albert Einstein )

As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.
As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits.
As long as we have friendship, each day is never a waste.
( Rose Winfold )

Without the dark, we would never see the stars.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
( George Orwell )

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for most things.

Maturity is not when we start speaking big things.
It’s when we start understanding small things.
( Rose Winfold )

Always be open-minded to opinions that differ from yours.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
( Albert Einstein )

Always speaking the truth is unpopular.
Start doing it, and see what I mean.

Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
( Rose Winfold )

The biggest answers may be in the smallest of places.

Fight not just for a country, but for humanity.
Fight not for just a man, but for all mankind.
Fight not for just a life, but for all living.
( Eileen Hutchison, 1926-2008 )

Some people don’t always want to hear the truth.
Because the truth may destroy their illusions.

You are not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.
( Malcolm X )

How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you.

If you need to ridicule or cause harm to others in order to feel powerful, or to gain power, then you are indeed a very weak-minded individual.
( Rose Winfold )

One smile can begin a friendship.
One candle can wipe out darkness.
One laugh can conquer doom.
One hope can raise your spirits.
One touch can show you care.

Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school, and the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool.
( Plato )

What’s the worst thing you can steal?
Probably pieces of other people’s lives.
Where you’ve wasted their time or hurt them in some way.
That’s the worst thing you can steal.

The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.
( Pablo Picasso )

Forgiveness.
Anyone can hold a grudge, but it takes a person with character to forgive.
When you forgive, you release yourself from a painful burden.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened was okay, and it doesn’t mean that person should still be welcome in your life.
It just means you have made peace with the pain, and are ready to let it go.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
( Winston Churchill )

The success of a Government should not be measured in economic terms.
It should be measured in quality of life.

There are two ways to be fooled.
One is to believe what isn’t true.
The other is to refuse to believe what is true.
( Søren Kierkegaard )

Some people who claim to be busy can find time to talk for an hour about how busy they are.

Have no doubt that some of the people you helped in life will become your enemies.
( Rose Winfold )

Every second, every minute, every week, every month, and every year all have something in common.
They’re in limited supply.
So use them wisely.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool.
We are all fools if we live long enough.
( Robert Jordan )

The pill that everyone wants is called ‘truth’.
But everyone can’t seem to swallow it.
( Rose Winfold )

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so sure of themselves and wiser people so full of doubt.
( Leah Wilson )

Today was worth living if you are wiser than yesterday.

Truth is not what you want it to be.
It is what it is.
And you must bend to its power or live a lie.
( Miyamoto Musashi )

Success is not so much what you are but rather what you appear to be.

There are more fools in the world than there are people.
( Heinrich Heine )

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

Close some doors.
Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance.
But simply because they no longer lead somewhere.
( Paulo Coelho )

Words left unspoken are sometimes the words we are longing to hear.
( Rose Winfold )

I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
(  J.D. Salinger )

You don’t need a degree to be a business owner.
But you often need a degree to work for a business owner.
( Flori Swedon )

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.
( Michael J Bobak )

Some people are too insane to explain.
And some are too normal to understand.
( Dion Felsrow )

I’d rather walk alone on a path of truth than follow those with enslaved minds who refuse to critically think for themselves.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
( Edgar Allan Poe )

It’s often said we become the average of those we spend the most time with.
( Len Firswood )

Life is so very difficult.
How can we be anything but kind?
( Buddha )

We live in the most complex, sophisticated biological masterpiece on earth.
We must do everything we can to look after it.
Take care of your body, you live in it.
( Rose Winfold )

If you give thanks for what life has given you.
Don’t do so by taking everything from another life.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
( Buddha )