“The classic ‘seven-year itch’ may not be a case of familiarity breeding ennui and contempt, but the shock of having someone you thought you...

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me, just be my friend” ― Albert Camus The Ne...

“I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.” - John...

“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.” - Baruch Spinoza The ...

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” - Hermann Hesse This week, The New What’s Going Blog has set...

“Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.” - André Gide This week, The New What’s Going Blog has set as its theme: “The Thi...

“Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.” - Pindar The New What’s Going Blog...

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spi...

“The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.” - Norman Cousins The New What’s Going on Blog has prompted ...

“The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.” -  Ovid Poets and Storytellers this week invites us to find inspiratio...

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The New What’s Going on Blog    this week has as its theme: “Words of Fearlessn...

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.” - Soren Kierkegaard The New What’s Going on Blog has set as its theme this week...

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” - Dwight D. Eisenh...

“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if t...

“Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social dise...

“Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.” - Jonathan Swift The New What’s Going On Blog  has set as ...

“No man can taste the fruits of Autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of Spring.” - Samuel Johnson Poets and storytellers...

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” - Victor Hugo Poets and storytellers  this week is all...

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.  E. L. Doctorow ...

“Only do what your heart tells you.” - Princess Diana This week, Poets and Storytellers United asked us to write on something small but bea...