Quote for Today: Toni Morrison
And in all those escapes he could not help being astonished by the beauty of this land that was not his. He hid in its breast, fingered its earth for …
Quote for Today: Robert Green Ingersoll
Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind will be enslaved until there is mental grandeur …
Quote for Today: Salman Rushdie
I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn’t occur to me to …
Quote for Today: Roman Payne
A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander. …
Quote for Today: John Steinbeck
I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, …
Transformative Life: The Power of Imagination in Dhafer Youssef’s Whirling Birds Ceremony
The modern world presents opportunities to encounter and assimilate different cultures. Can this expansion of experience expand purpose and faith? Musician Dhafer Youssef was born in the small fishing village …
Icons of Irony: The Grinning Faces of Yue Minjun
What remains when our faith in the institutions around us is shattered? Chinese artist Yue Minjun’s work gives an answer. Yue Minjun was born in the town of Daqing, China in 1962. His …
Quote for Today: Thích Nhất Hạnh
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. ―Thích …
Quote for Today: Robert Green Ingersoll
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depths; …
Quote for Today: Lynn Hersha
What angers me is the loss of control. At any moment someone could come to me, be dressed the right way and use the right code, and I no longer …