the voices of utterance.

never apologize for showing feeling. when you do so, you apologize for the truth—benjamin disraeli

out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;  the most massive characters are seared with scars— kahlil gibran

there is love enough in this world for everybody, if people would just look.  i am proof of that— kurt vonnegut

love never dies a natural death. it dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. it dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing— anaïs nin

i have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love—mother theresa

the life i touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt— frederick buechner

an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind– mahatma gandhi

it is in deep solitude that i find the gentleness with which i can truly love my brothers. the more solitary i am the more affection i have for them…. solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say— thomas merton

to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong— joseph chilton pearce

only the gentle are ever really strong— james dean

make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands— first thessalonians four: eleven

the heart has its reasons which reason knows not of— blaise pascal