Quotes & Questions

Fear is an insidious virus. Given a breeding place in our minds … it will eat away our spirit and block the forward path of our endeavors.
~ James F. Bell, III

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.
~Jacob Bronowski

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
~ Winston Churchill

We should learn to savor some moments to let time feel worth existing.
~Munia Khan

Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
~ Helen Keller

People ask what must they become to be loving. The answer is ‘nothing.’ It is a process of letting go of what you thought you had become and allowing your true nature to float to the surface naturally.
~ Stephen Levine

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
—Mark Twain

There may have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.
—Robert Breault

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.
—Henry Miller