Be Yourself

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”

May Sarton

(1912-1995)

We Must Keep Moving

“Life is like riding a bicycle: to keep balanced, we must keep moving.”

 

Albert Einstein

(1879-1955)

It Makes a Difference to This One

“A man is walking along the seashore as the tide ebbs, revealing a multitude of stranded starfish.  Soon he comes upon a young girl, who is picking up the starfish one by one and returning them to the sea.

So he asks the girl, “What are you doing?”

And she replies, “They will die if I don’t get them back into the water.”

“But there are so many of them,” the man says.  “How can anything you do make a difference?”

The girl picks up another starfish and carries it to the sea.  “It makes a difference to this one.”

Izzeldin Abuelaish

(1955- )

The Silence of Our Friends

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.  In the end, we remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

 

Martin Luther King Jr

(1929-1968)

Hate is a Chronic Disease

“Hate is a chronic disease and we need to heal ourselves of it and work towards a world in which we eradicate poverty and suffering.”

 

Izzeldin Abuelaish

(1955- )

Right to Freedom

“For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.”

Izzeldin Abuelaish

(1955- )

Healthy Society

“A healthy society needs wise and educated women.  An educated and healthy woman will raise an educated and healthy family.”

Izzeldin Abuelaish

(1955- )

Peace

“Peace is the one condition of survival in a nuclear age.”

Adlai E. Stevenson

1900-1965

Obama on Mandela

“We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again. So it falls to us as best we can to forward the example that he set: to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love; to never discount the difference that one person can make; to strive for a future that is worthy of his sacrifice.”
 

Barack Obama on Nelson Mandela

Thursday, 5^th December 2013

Death

“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.”

Nelson Mandela

1918-2013

 

Freedom

“To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

 

Nelson Mandela

1918-2013

A Saint or a Sinner

“I am not a saint unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”

Nelson Mandela

1918-2013