Iowa City, Iowa 11 September 2001 Dear Friend, Today has been a troubling day, and I hope this newsletter will provide you with some encouragement, healing, hope, and strength. Because I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and still have family and friends in New York City and Washington, D.C., this has been an especially stressful day. I… Continue reading 11 September 2001 – 9/11 Response – Prepare for Peace
Category: Lifeways
Self Awareness, Humility
“The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.” – Thomas Carlyle (20010708su)
Health, Contentment, Faithfulness
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” Buddha (20010521mo)
Understanding, Appreciation, Reverence
“The more deeply you understand people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch to soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.” Stephen R. Covey (20010521mo)
Rethinking, Progressive, Transcendence
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.” – Albert Einstein (20010519sa)
Each Action is Significant
“Whatever you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important to do it.” – Gandhi (20010519sa)
Urban Growth and Advancing Society
“What many now call ‘growth’ will soon be seen as accelerated decay.” – Dan Fiscus (20010519sa)
Live the Answer
“We must be the change we wish to see.” – Gandhi (20010509we)
Tolerance, Understanding, Unitarian
“If we are to respect others’ religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of the world’s religion is a sacred duty.” – Gandhi (20010509we)
Humor
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.” – William Arthur Ward (20010505sa)
Habit, Routine, Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle (20010505sa)
Purpose, Goals, Determination, Obstacles, Failure
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” – Abraham Lincoln (20010505sa)