#eve

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#been #everglades #going #i #making

No matter who we are, where we live, what we look like, the circumstances of our birth or the situations we face; each of us has gifts within us. Strength, beauty, courage, compassion, hope, joy, talent, imagination, reverence, wisdom, love and faith are among them. They are not like material presents we unwrap and hold in our hands. We can’t see these gifts with our eyes. But they are real and powerful. When we open ourselves to them, they can enrich every aspect of our lives. They can help us transform challenges into opportunities and tragedies into triumphs. They can help us make a difference in the world. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#compassion #courage #faith #healing #hope

Everyone's hip to the fact that we all do things to accentuate our looks - and it's much more accepted. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#accepted #everyone #fact #hip #looks

I don't ever apologize for who I am because then I let someone else decide who I am. ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#apologize #because #decide #else #ever

The written word is everything. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#word #written

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#grieve #many #reflecting #terrorism #things

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#better #better place #community #each #everybody

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? ↗

— Mary Douglas

#believe #encouraged #frustration #grand #jealousy

What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#ever #injustice #just #madly #nation

Some part of me remembers what snow is, but this is the first time my new mind has seen it. It softens the crumbled sidewalks and turns rusty rooftops white. It’s beautiful. It crunches under my feet as I move toward the house, longing to understand. ↗

— Isaac Marion

#longing #memories #winter-eve #beauty