Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
-Homer
Yesterday I was clever that is why I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise that is why I am changing myself.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If you speak or act with an evil thought, pain follows. If you speak or act with a pure thought, happiness follows, like a shadow that never leaves.