“A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.” - Erma Bombeck The Poets and Storytellers blog has chosen the apt t...

“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...

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy Welcome to the Travel Tuesday mem...

“It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.” - Pericles The New What’s Going on ...

“Nothing’s far when one wants to get there.” - Marie of Romania Sibiu , German: Hermannstadt , Hungarian: Nagyszeben , Latin: Cibinium , is ...

“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...

“Mauritius was made first and then heaven, heaven being copied after Mauritius.” - Mark Twain Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me ev...

“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too l...

“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...

“All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.” - Marjory Stoneman Douglas Welcome to the Travel Tuesd...

“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 ...

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we o...

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

“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social jus...

“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 ...

“On a summer night, I have sat on the balcony drinking Ouzo, watching the ghosts of Greek Heroes sailing past, listening to the rustle of th...