Some of these quotes have attributions, some are from that famous philosopher and observer of life, Anonymous. A few are my own that came to me as I piloted my way through life today. ................................ Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today. - Dr. Peter Kuzmic, theologian, Slovenian-born, citizen of Croatia
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. - Dennis Wholey, American television host and producer (b. 1939)
Laughter is a smile with the volume turned up. - Anonymous (Google's best guess)
People laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same. - Anonymous (Google's best guess)
No amount of darkness can hide a spark of light. - Anonymous (Google's best guess)
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Anonymous (Google's best guess) Be like the flower that perfumes the very hand that crushes it. - Anonymous (Google's best guess)
Last night I watched a movie that was so difficult to understand that I couldn't figure it out until the very end. Then I had to return it to the store. It reminded me of life. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
You don't have to win at life. Life is not about winning. Life is about playing the game and trying to influence others so that they win. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
They say you can't go back to your childhood, that the places you remember will have changed. Even if they haven't, you will have changed so that the you of long ago wouldn't recognize the you of today. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
When your heart breaks, it changes your life. But you had a chance to avoid the hurt. When a child's heart breaks, the child has no defences, no preparation, no means to recover. The reassembled life has no possibility to achieve it's former potential. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
If you hear a great piece of music and your day is not better for it, the problem is not that the music is deficient. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
No matter how much technology you have at your command and friends in your social networking site, there is no substitute for the gentle touch of another live human, for the feel of their breath on your neck, for soft whisper from their lips into your ear. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
Don't think you're ugly. Everyone is beautiful sometimes, always when they smile. Don't think you're beautiful. Everyone is ugly sometimes. The difference is attitude and confidence. Even movie stars are pretty plain looking without makeup. They believe they're beautiful, so that's what they become. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com
We're all working on the mysteries of life without any clues. If we knew already, we'd be somewhere else. If we don't learn, we are no better than the simplest animals. If we learn but do nothing with it, we are no better than most larger animals. At least they teach their young thoroughly. Learn and do, or get out of the way and let those who want to be what they can. - Bill Allin, stalwart pilgrim of life, http://billallin.com Turning It Around: Causes and Cures for Today's Epidemic Social Problems, a guidebook for parents and teachers who believe that every child should be taught the important lessons of life from the best possible sources. Learn more at http://billallin.com