Smallest and Most Vulnerable

"We ignore the smallest and most vulnerable among us at our peril."
National Geographic - Death Valley

Superficiality or Serious Living

"The idea of taking your inner world the least bit seriously is easily mocked. Relentless superficiality shrieks for our attention. Doing things that take time, concentration and personal effort is out of favour."
Stephanie Dowrick

First-rate Intelligence

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hope...

"We hope for a people and a nation in which democracy is made a wonderfully realizable possibility in a pluralistic culture where people bring together a whole variety of life experiences. We hope for a society which is just and free."
Church of the Province of South Africa Minister

Pray and Sing

"To pray is important. To sing is important. And to sing is to pray twice."
Saint Augustin

That's Life...

"That's life isn't it? We have to learn to balance the joy and the difficulties."
Samantha Page

Life Lessons

"...life Lessons are concealed in life experiences."
Bonolo Ramaja

The Past

"You have to reflect on the past and leave it there. Live in the now and focus on how you can make it lead to a future you want."
Sharlotte Mkansi

Celebrity

"Celebrity is just obscurity biding its time."
Carrie Fisher - "The Letter Writer"

Untrained Eye

"The untrained eye sees only harsh desolation."
National Geographic "Into the Wilderness" series - "Canyonlands" episode

Comfortable

"Instead of getting more and more comfortable, I'm getting more and more comfortable with being uncomfortable."
Luke Nelson
"Two Brothers" 5,000 hour project

Washed By Our Tears

"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while so that we can see Life with a clearer view again."
Alex Tan

Conflict

"The quality of our lives depends not on whether we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them"
Thomas Crum

Oldness

"Oldness happens to all of us at times when we venture too far from the vital reality that is us.
We listen and care too much for what others think... With so many assaults, part of us simply gets old, becomes frail, and withers and dies.
The ageless are those who preserve the spirit of the child. They are inquisitive, curious and playful."
Steven K Baum PhD - "Growing Up at Any Age."

Grow Great

"We grow great by degrees."
Robin Sharma - The Monk who sold his Ferrari

Words

"By filling your mind with words of hope you become hopeful.
By filling your mind with words of kindness you become kind.
By filling your mind with thoughts of courage you become corageous.
Words have power."
Robin Sharma - The Monk who sold his Ferrari

Like Others...

"Truly enlightened people never try to be like others."
Robin Sharma - The Monk who sold his Ferrari

Simple Moments

"In a complicated life simple moments can be very healing."
Candice Derman

Very Angry

"You are very angry and that is your victim role."
Dr Phil

Survive

"It's always an advantage to be able to survive when others can't."
National Geographic