RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 30, 2011: “Only in growth, reform, and change..."

“Only in growth, reform, and change, 

paradoxically enough, 

is true security to be found.” 

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 29, 2011: “What is necessary to change a person is..."

“What is necessary to change a person is 

to change his awareness of himself.” 

~Abraham H. Maslow

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 28, 2011: “Souls don’t have races or sexes or religions..."

“Souls don’t have races or sexes or religions.
They are beyond artificial divisions.”

~Brian Weiss

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 27, 2011: "We cannot rise higher than..."

“We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.”

~Orison Swett Marden

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 26, 2011: "There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms..."

"There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms: 

A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual.

Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, 

but unless we go into every room everyday, 

even if only to keep it aired, 

we are not complete."

~Rumer Godden

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 25, 2011: "My greatest wealth is the deep stillness..."

"My greatest wealth is the deep stillness in which I strive and grow and win what the world cannot take from me with fire or sword."

~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 24, 2011: “The true meaning of life is to plant trees..."

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, 

under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” 

~Nelson Henderson

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 23, 2011: “Act as if what you do makes a difference..."

“Act as if what you do makes a difference.

It does.” 

~William James, 1842-1910, psychologist, philosopher, author

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 22, 2011: "God usually does not tell you the whole path..."

"God usually does not tell you the whole path.

He only tells you the next step.

Therefore your most important step

...is your next step."

~Nathaniel Bronner

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 21, 2011: "If you find that for every step you take forward..."

"If you find that for every step you take forward, you take two back - perhaps you need to turn around and go the opposite way."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 20, 2011: "A consciousness of God releases the greatest power of all..."

"A consciousness of God releases the greatest power of all."

~Science of Mind

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 19, 2011: "It is only by forgetting yourself..."

"It is only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God."

~Henry David Thoreau

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 18, 2011: "The essence of philosophy is..."

"The essence of philosophy is 

that a man should so live 

that his happiness shall depend as little as possible 

on external things."

~Epictetus

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 17, 2011: "There is but one ultimate Power..."

"There is but one ultimate Power.

This Power is to each one what he is to It."

~Ernest Holmes

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 16, 2011: "Real friends are those who..."

"Real friends are those who, 
when you’ve made a fool of yourself, 
don’t feel that you’ve done a permanent job." 

~Erwin T. Randall

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 15, 2011: "Happiness is not in our circumstances..."

"Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves.

It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. 

Happiness is something we are."

~John B. Sheerin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 14, 2011: "The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is..."

"The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is

powerful in His power, 

wise by His wisdom, 

happy by His happiness."

~Joseph Addison

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 13, 2011: “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

~Phyllis Diller, born 1917, actress and comedian

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 12, 2011: “My friends, love is better than anger..."

“My friends, love is better than anger.

Hope is better than fear.

Optimism is better than despair.

So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.

And we’ll change the world.” 

~Jack Layton, 1950-2011, Canadian politician

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 11, 2011: "Love and kindness are never wasted..."

"Love and kindness are never wasted.
They always make a difference."

~Helen James

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 10, 2011: "Reflect upon your present blessings..."

"Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has many-
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

~Charles Dickens

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 9, 2011: "Anger cannot be ignored or repressed..."

"Anger cannot be ignored or repressed 
without causing trouble in your soul; 

it must be dealt with!"

~Joyce Meyers

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 8, 2011: "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both..."

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. 

Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, composer

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 7, 2011: "Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other..."

"Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. 

If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large."

~Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist leader, 1869-1948

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 6, 2011: "No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars..."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, 

or sailed to an uncharted land, 

or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

~Helen Keller

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 5, 2011: "Nobody can contribute to the best of humanity who does not..."

"Nobody can contribute to the best of humanity who does not make the best out of himself."

~Johann Gottfried von Herder

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 4, 2011: "Keep the other person's well-being in mind when..."

"Keep the other person's well-being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on."

~Betty White

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 3, 2011: "Retain your self-respect..."

"Retain your self-respect.

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."

~William J. H. Boetcker, American religious leader, 1873-1962

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 2, 2011: "Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty..."

"Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty.

And if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 

'Why should I tell it?'"

~Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss philosopher, 1741-1801

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: September 1, 2011: "Life is made up of little things..."

"Life is made up of little things.

It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once.

True greatness consists in being great in the little things."

~Charles Simmons