A Parliament of Quotes

“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on." more

“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.” more

“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” more

"Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.”
Rachel Naomi Remen MD more

"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." more

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. more

“Cultivating forgiveness daily softens our life." more

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder." more

"But the time will come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come. A man is ethical only when life is sacred to him, that of animals as well as that of his fellow man, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help."

Dr Albert Schweitzer: Physician, Missionary, Theologian and Nobel Laureate for Peace in 1952 more

The true human can tune to the voice of the river and give it expression. The true human can tune to the voice of the wind and speak the words that the wind cannot speak without a human tongue. more