Author: Yoga With Brian

When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 Oct 1869-1948)

“Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. -Emily Kimbrough

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. -Mahatma Gandhi 

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? -Eleanor Roosevelt

A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. -Sarah Orne Jewett

Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! -Henri Frederic Amiel

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. -Leo Tolstoy

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal. -Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes. -Mary Renault