quotables worth quoting

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

– e.e. cummings, poet, painter



It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into doing it. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.

– Mother Teresa



I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

- Galileo Galilei



Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

- attributed to many - true author unknown



Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honesty choose what is right.

- Arthur Trudeau



I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Albert Einstein



Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein