We as a people are only now beginning to learn to read the language of the Earth once again. We are beginning to see what our actions create. Since the beginning there have been those who have listened to the Earth’s song. We are a note in the discord or the harmony of this world. The way we walk is the way it becomes. Speak in anger and anger will come to you, speak with a caring and love and these too shall be drawn to you. Our choices in action are sacred. To choose to work our way through our emotions and actions in a good way can be a most sacred act. Each action affects all others.
- Wendy Crockett, Sweetwater Wisdom, with thanks to Friends of Silence

A man with outward courage dares to die
A man with inward courage dares to live.
- Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching

Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and a cheerfulness to me during life and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
- Sir John Hershel