Cathy Burnham Martin's Blog, page 7

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“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

— Dalai Lama (14th is Tenzin Gyatso, born 1935)
Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”

— Mark Twain (1835-1910)
(Pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
19th Century American author and humorist

Sadly, understanding, acceptance, and respect for others are challenging qualities for us mere humans. Pray for our growth.

“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”

— Robert Green Ingersoll (1833 – 1899)
American writer & orator

The longest day of the year is upon us!

Live every blessed minute of it.

“People rarely win wars; governments rarely lose them.” 

— Arundhati Roy (1961 – )
Indian author & activist

Happy Father’s Day to all you Papas out there!

“Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind.  Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.  People grow old by deserting their ideals.  You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”

— Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
United States General of the Army

“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

— Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)
American writer & designer

“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”

— Saint Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622)
Savoyard Catholic prelate

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.”

— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American statesman
16th President 1861-65
Assassinated following the Civil War

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”

— Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917)
French Impressionist artist