Good Living 123

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

— Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965)
German French polymath, philosopher, physician & Nobel laureate

My deepest thanks to everyone who has kept the torch glowing or been there to brighten my world when I needed it most, especially when you didn’t even know my flame had been doused or my spirits dampened.

“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”

— Margaret Fuller (1810 – 1850)
American journalist, critic, & women’s rights advocate

“If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.”

— Catherine Aird (pen name of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh) (1930 – 2024)
English  novelist

Photo by Saimy Patel

“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.”

George D. Aiken (1892 – 1984)
US Senator 1941 – 1975
64th Governor of Vermont 1937 – 1941

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”

— Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
American naturalist, philosopher, and writer
As written in his Journal on January 21, 1838

Photo by Mads Severinsen

“If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow.”

— Arabian proverb

“Earth laughs in flowers.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
American writer & philosopher

Photo by Aaron Burden

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

-Greek proverb

“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
English statesman, poet

Photo by Casey Horner

September 21^st is the annual International Day of Peace. May peace grow in everyone’s hearts.

“The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.”

— Arthur Powell Davies (1902 – 1957)
English American Unitarian minister

Photo by Tiffany Chan

“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the rose.”

— Chinese proverb

“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”

— Will Smith (1968 – )
American actor, rapper & film producer

(Photo by Alexander Mils)

Photo by Matt Collamer

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
American social activist & stateswoman
U.S. First Lady: 1933-45; Ambassador to UN

“It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.”

Gina Barreca (1957 – )
American humorist

I am most grateful to have enjoyed decades of life surrounded by precious, sparkling gems!!!

Photo by Laurent Gence

“What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.”

— B. C. Forbes (Bertie Charles Forbes) (1880 – 1954)
Scottish-born American journalist & author
Founder of Forbes magazine

“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.”

— Alexander Levine (1955 – )
Russian-born British composer

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.”

— Abigail Van Buren (pseudonym for Pauline Esther Phillips) (1918 – 2013)
American advice columnist & radio show host

“There is nothing permanent except change.”

— Heraclitus (c. 6th century BC – c. 5th century BC)
Persian (Ancient Greek) philosopher from Ephesus

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”

— Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965)
German French polymath, philosopher, physician & Nobel laureate

(Photo by Jeff Sieipman)

“Our nation is a rainbow—red, yellow, brown, black, and white—and we’re all precious in God’s sight.”

— Jesse Jackson (1941 – )
American civil rights activist, politician, & Baptist minister

Photo by Jon Tyson

“The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.”

— Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
Indian lawyer & political ethicist

Photo by Joshua Earle

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945)
32nd U.S. President