Michel de Montaigne

“Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.”

Oscar Wilde

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

A Mideast Bond Stitched of Pain & Healing

He can be impulsive. She has a touch of bossiness. Next-door neighbors for nearly a year, they talk, watch television and explore the world together, wandering into each other’s homes without a second thought. She likes his mother’s eggplant dish. He likes her father’s rice and lamb. Friendship often starts with proximity, but Orel and Marya, both 8, have been thrust together in a way few elsewhere have. Their playground is a hospital corridor. He is an Israeli Jew severely wounded by a Hamas rocket. She is a Palestinian Muslim from Gaza paralyzed by an Israeli missile. Someone forgot to tell them that they are enemies.

Thomas K. Mattingly II

“It’s very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.”

Frederick William Robertson

“This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.”

Belle Livingstone

“I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see what was there.”

Og Mandino

“Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.”