“Not enough people in this world are happy.” ~Karen Carpenter American singer and drummer Karen Carpenter was born on this day in 1950.
“Not enough people in this world are happy.” ~Karen Carpenter American singer and drummer Karen Carpenter was born on this day in 1950.
“It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.” ~William Dean Howells American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright William Dean Howells was born on this day in 1837.
“Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.” ~Mary Lyon American pioneer in women's education, Mary Lyon was born on this day in 1797.
“If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.” ~Charlayne Hunter-Gault American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault was born on this day in 1942.
“…a really good friend, the kind of friend who—when they were together both of them were more able to be who they really were.” ~Cynthia Voigt American writer Cynthia Voigt was born on this day in 1942.
“The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.” ~Mary Ellen Chase American educator, teacher, scholar, and author Mary Ellen Chase was born on this day in 1887.
“There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.” ~W. E. B. Du Bois American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois was born on this day in 1868.
“Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one’s particular life path might appear to one’s self or others at any … Continue reading Random Quote for February 22, 2023
“Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss.” ~Anne Grant Scottish poet Anne Grant was born on this day in 1755.
“It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.” ~Ella Maillart Swiss adventurer, travel writer, photographer, and sportswoman Ella Maillart was born on this day in 1903.
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