Quotes and Proverbs

If there is light in the soul,
There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world.
Chinese Proverb

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)

There are only two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them...he cried, "Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?"...God said, "I did do something. I made you." Sufi Teaching

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. Anwar Sadat

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. Martin Luther King, Jr