Martin Luther King Jr. quotes

“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” (MLK)

“We must learn to live together as brothers (and sisters/my addition) or perish together as fools.” (MLK)

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” (MLK)

“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.” (MLK)

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” (MLK)

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (MLK)

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” (MLK)

“A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.” (MLK)

Goals - Picasso

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."

"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."

"The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense."

"There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats."

"We don't grow older, we grow riper."

"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea."

"You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer."

~ Pablo Picasso

work and happiness

"Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time."

~ Pablo Picasso

dangerous sympathetic understanding

"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"

~ Pablo Picasso

Faith looks up

"Worry looks around,
sorry looks back,
Faith looks up."

~ author unknown

How To Make a Marriage Work

“Keep a neat and clean house;
Feed him well and have meals ready on time;
Have interesting thoughts to discuss at the table;
Listen to his telling of his day.”

~ Georga Henderson, PEO
(Mother of Francine I. Neff, PEO, Treasurer of the U.S.)

We are all equal creatures before God

"When you realize that we are all equal creatures before God, you can help others without being patronizing and superior, and you can receive without being degraded."

~ Rev. Dr. Diogenes Allen (1932-2013), Theologian, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary

Four Fundamental Questions

Dallas Willard writes that there are four fundamental questions that every world view—and every human being—must answer.

What is real?

Who has "the good life"?

Who is a good person?

How do you become a good person?

http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/
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Happy, Normal People

"Happy, normal people have boring lives. They don't make good movies."

~ Truthful Grace

(to explain why the people in movies create conflict in their lives when a better decision would avoid the conflict)

Experiencing Notan

from Ute Arnold

Experiencing Notan: a new orientation of seeing

"NOTAN" is a Japanese word for balance between dark and light, background and foreground, yin and yang.

Notan demands a totally new orientation of seeing and experiencing ... the concept of opposing dualities and energy forces by finding the integration of doing and non-doing, empty and full, good and bad, positive and negative, outside and inside, anxiety and presence...

Writing is no trouble

"Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult."

~ Stephen Leacock

In love with a dimple

"Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl."

~ Stephen Leacock

The most beautiful thing

"The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
And even more beautiful, is to know that you are the reason behind it!"

~ Author Unknown

The more grateful you are

"The more grateful you are, the more you get to be grateful about. It's that simple."

~ Louise Hay, founder of Hay House