“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.”
–Toni Cade
“and nothing is worse
than a
dream deferred.”
–Nikki Giovanni
“I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.”
–Margaret Chase Smith
“There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.”
–Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“I celebrate and sing myself.”
–Walt Whitman
“Surviving meant being born over and over.”
–Erica Jong
“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”
–Margaret Drabble
“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.”
–Doris Lessing
“Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.”
–Vita Sackville-West
“Hope is essential; human beings can’t live long without it. When hope is taken away, people become so depressed that no matter what the outcome, their lives are miserable.”
–Stephanie Matthews Simonton
“The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you learn, you can’t congeal; there is a forward motion to yearning.”
–Gail Godwin
“Every mind leaves traces of what it was; only man leaves traces of what he has created.”
–Jacob Bronowski
“Creative visualization is magic in the truest and highest meaning of the word. It involves understanding and aligning yourself with the natural principles that govern the workings of our universe, and learning to use these principles in the most conscious and creative way.”
–Shakti Gawain