The history of the world is a story we tell ourselves.. stories are lessons we send to ourselves... some remain vibrant and relevant while others are only uselful for a moment. They serve myriad purposes that are often beyong our ken, for better or worse, and sometimes both at the same time. - David Bryne

Behind the cotten wool is hidden a pattern.. the whole world is a work of art.. there is no Shakespeare.. no Beethoven.. no God. We are the words, we are the music, we are the thing itself. - Virginia Woolf

The protection of minorities is vitally important, and even the most orthodox of us may find himself in a minority some day, so that we all have an interest in restraining the tyrany of majorities. - Bertrand Russell

One of the best things a man can bring into the world with him is a natural humility of spirit. About the next best thing he can bring, and they usually go together, is an appreciative spirit, a loving and susceptible heart. - John Burroughs

To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control. - Martha Nussbuam

Only to the extenet that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us. - Pema Chodron

We share in the slow optimistic tendency of the universe.. we have life and health and wholeness on the same terms as the trees, the flowers, the grass, the animals have, and pay the same price for our well-being, in struggle and effort, that they pay. That is our good fortune. - John Burroughs