Longest path...

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“Sometimes, we must travel on the

longest path to our sacred-destination.”

Lailah Gifty Akita

India...

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"Our most valuable and most constructive

materials in the history of man are treasured

up in India only”.

Mark Twain

People on front lines...

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"The people who are on the front lines

every day in hospitals, nurses, the people

who are running clinics, the people who

are taking care of your children, those are

the people who are the lovers of the world,

are the good of the world."

Eve Ensler

Who you choose to be...

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“It is not as much about who you

used to be, as it is about who you

choose to be.”

Sanhita Baruah

There was a boy ...

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"There was a boy ye knew him well, ye rocks

And islands of Winander & ye green

Peninsulas of Esthwaite many a time

When the stars began

To move along the edges of the hills

Rising or setting would he stand alone

Beneath the trees or by the glimmering lakes

And through his fingers woven in one close knot

Blow mimic hootings to the silent owls

And bid them answer him. And they would shout

Across the wat'ry vale & shout again

Responsive to my call with tremulous sobs

And long halloos & screams & echoes loud

Redoubled & redoubled a wild scene

Of mirth & jocund din. And when it chanced

That pauses of deep silence mocked my skill

Then, often, in that silence while I hung

Listening a sudden shock of mild surprize

Would carry far into my heart the voice

Of mountain torrents: or the visible scene

Would enter unawares into my mind

With all its solemn imagery its rocks

Its woods & that uncertain heaven received

Into the bosom of the steady lake . . ."

William Wordsworth

Wings are like dreams

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“Wings are like dreams. Before each flight,

a bird takes a small jump, a leap of faith,

believing that its wings will work. That

jump can only be made with rock solid

feet.”

J.R. Rim

Optimists and pessimists...

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“Both optimists and pessimists contribute

to our society. The optimist invents the

airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”

Gil Stern

Anthem for Doomed Youth

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"What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty horisons.

No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;

Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,

The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;

And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

What candles may be held to speed them all?

Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes

Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.

The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall;

Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,

And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds."

Wilfred Owen

1893-1918

Choose the battle

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"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain

anything by winning"

Erwin Rommel