The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, and thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, philosophy, and religion all in one.
– Eudora Welty, 1909 – 2001

“Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving — it sets you above him.”
– Benjamin Franklin

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
– Buddha

If you are planning for a year, sow rice.
If you are planning for a decade, plant trees.
If you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
– Chinese proverb

There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
– Washington Irving (1783-1859)