A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. -Margaret Fuller

The past is never where you think you left it. -Katherine Anne Porter

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. -Rabindranath Tagore

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -Joseph Addison

It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others. -Michel de Montaigne

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. -Nikos Kazantzakis

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. -Maya Angelou

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. -Fred Rogers

Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. -Benito Juárez