“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”                 Helen Keller

Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Knowledge without Character
Commerce without Morality
Science without Humanity
Worship without Sacrifice
Politics without Principle                        Mahatma Gandhi

“There is mystery and magic in this life.  Don’t let the wonder of it elude you.”
”The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical.  It is the foundation of all true science.  He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.  To know that what is inconceivable to us really exists, manifesting as the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive form – this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness.”    Albert Einstein

Several quotes from Maya Angelou:

• • • “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.
    • “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.”
    • “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”
    • “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, they will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.

• • • “When you forgive and let go, not only does a huge weight drop off your shoulders, but the doorway to your own self-love opens.”
    • “All the theories in the world are useless unless there is action, positive change and finally healing.”
    • “The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.”
    • “The more you can connect with the Power within you, the more you can be free in all areas of your life.”
    • “Fear is lack of trust in ourselves. Because of that, we don’t trust Life. We don’t trust that we are being taken care of on a higher level, so we feel we must control everything from the physical level. … Trust is what we learn when we want to overcome our fears.  It’s called taking the “leap-of-faith.”
    • “Unconditional Love is the goal I think we have come here to attain. It begins with self-acceptance and self-love.” 

• • • Motherhood – If it was supposed to be easy, it never would have started with something called labour.
    • Shouting to make your children obey is like using the horn to steer your car, and you get about the same results.
    • Raising a teenager is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
    • Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he/she can tell when they’re really in trouble.
    • Cleaning your house while your children are home is like shoveling the driveway during a snowstorm.
    • An alarm clock is a device for awakening people who don’t have small children.
    • We child-proofed our home, but the kids are still getting in

• • • We don’t look like a frog in a blender when dancing
    • If we forget to shave, no one has to know
    • We’ll never regret piercing our ears
    • We can fully asses a person just by looking at their shoes
    • No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival The Speedo