I hope that the following quotes will bring to you the comfort and inner peace that they have brought to me. Many of them are favourites of mine and of people who are special to me and mine. If only one of these quotes can be to you as an oasis in the desert in which you presently find yourself, this page will have done what it set out to do. ~ Arnold Start ~ This page is dedicated to the memory of Arnold Start _________________________________________________________ Inspiration The Ten Commandments for Cancer Survival:
Paul H Klein ____________________________________________________ ......is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Pray, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was, let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well. Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918 Canon of St. Paul's Cathedra ____________________________________________________ The shadow of my finger castDivides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hourIn darkness, and beyond thy power: Behind its unreturning line,The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands, - The NOW on which the shadow stands. Henry Van Dyke (1904) ____________________________________________________ My life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colours, He worketh steadily. Oft-times He weaveth sorrow, And I, in foolish pride forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not till the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful, In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern he has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares - Nothing this truth can dim; He gives the very best to those Who leave the choice with Him. ____________________________________________________ by Sister Joan Metzner, mm I believe there is Someone waiting for me, Waiting to say : " Welcome Home ! "Someone I have never seen, but whom I will recognize in the depths of my heart because He has lived there since the beginning of time. Someone who has never doubted my return, never failed to still my doubts about my return. I believe there is Someone who knows me so intimately, loves me so totally, that joy will spark spontaneously when we reunite in the land of immortal Birth. Tears will be wiped away; Sadness and fear will disappear as mist when it meets the morning sun. This is whom I seek, seeks me. He has never left me alone. For He is Self of my self, Soul of my soul, Life of my very life. _________________________________________________ Look to this day, For yesterday is but a dream, And tomorrow is only a vision, But today, well lived, Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. Sanskrit Proverb ____________________________________________________ is giving with no thought of getting. It is tenderness enfolding with strength to protect. It is forgiveness without further thought of the thing forgiven. It is understanding of human weakness, with knowledge of the true man shining through. It is quiet in the midst of turmoil. It is trust in God with no thought of self. It is the one altogether lovely, the light in the mother's eyes, the glory in the sacrifice, the quiet assurance of protection. It is in the expectation of our Father's promise coming true. It is the refusal to see anything but good in our fellow man. It is the glory that comes with selflessness and the power that comes with assurance of the Father's love for His Children. It is the voice that says "no" to our brother, though "yes" might be more easily said. It is resistance to the world's lust and greed, thus becoming a positive law of annihilation to error. Love ... the one thing no one can take from us ... the one thing we can give constantly and become increasingly rich in the giving. Love can take no offence, for it cannot know that which it does not of itself conceive. It cannot hurt or be hurt, for it is the purest reflection of GOD, Good. It is the one eternal, indestructible force for Good. It is the will of GOD, preparing, planning, proposing always what is best for all His universe. Anonymous ____________________________________________________ Hours fly, Flowers die: New days, New ways, Pass by ! Love stays. Time is Too slow for those who Wait, Too swift for those who Fear, Too long for those who Grieve, Too short for those who Rejoice, But for those who Love, Time is not. Henry Van Dyke ___________________________________________________ Let each day be so fashioned as though it were closing the line of days and completely fulfilling life. If then, GOD grants us the morrow, let us accept it with a happy heart. Seneca ____________________________________________________ Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others - even the dull and ignorant. They too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons for they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career however humble. It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is. Many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself, especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the Universe no less than the trees and stars. You have a right to be here, and whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life - keep peace with your soul. With all its shame, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. anno domini, 1692 ____________________________________________________ "Our attitude to all men would be Christian if we regarded them as though they were dying and determined our relation to them in the light of death, both of their death and our own. A person who is dying calls for a special kind of feeling. Our attitude to him is at once softened and lifted onto a higher plane. We can then feel compassion for people whom we do not love. But every man is dying, I too am dying and must never forget about death." Nikolai Berdyaev ____________________________________________________ Not only for what you are,but for what I am when I'm with you, I Love You For the part of me that you bring out, I Love You For putting your hand into my heaped-up heart and passing over all the foolish, weak things that you can't help dimly seeing there, and for drawing out into the light all the beautiful belongings that no one else had looked quite far enough to find. I Love You because you are helping me to make of the lumber of my life not a tavern but a temple; out of the works of my every day not a reproach, but a song . . . . . Anonymous ____________________________________________________ What boots it to Repeat how time is Slipping under our feet : Unborn TOMORROW, And dead YESTERDAY Why fret about them If TODAY Be sweet !! Omar Khayyam ____________________________________________________ May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rain fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May GOD hold you in the palm of His hand. ____________________________________________________ Until trouble troubles you. For you only make your trouble Double trouble when you do. And your trouble like a bubble That you're troubling about, May be nothing but a cypher, With the rim rubbed out. David Keppel ____________________________________________________ There is an Eye that never sleeps, Beneath the wind of night. There is an Ear that never shuts, When sinks the beam of light. There is an Arm that never tires, When human strength gives way. There is a Love that never fails, When earthly loves decay. George Mathewson ____________________________________________________
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with it's hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emmerson ____________________________________________________ When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must - but don't you quit. Life is queer with it's twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out, Don't give up, though the pace seems slow .. You might succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering man. Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor's cup, And her learned too late, when the night slipped down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out. The silver tint to the clouds of doubt - And you can never tell how close you are, It mat appear when it seems afar; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - It when things seem worst that you mustn't quit ! Anonymous ____________________________________________________ Everything that happens and everything that befalls us has a meaning, But it is often difficult to recognise it. Also in the book of life every page has two sides: We human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes, and wishes, But Providence writes on the other side, And what it ordains is seldom our goal. Nisami ____________________________________________________ If I should ever leave you To go along the silent way, grieve not, Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk Of me as if I were beside you there. (I'd come - I'd come, could I but find a way! But would not tears and grief be barriers?) And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved, please do not let the thought of me Be sad .. For I am loving you just as I always have . You were so good to me! There are so many things I wanted still To do - so many things to say to you . Remember that I did not fear . it was Just leaving you that was so hard to face . We cannot see beyond . But this I know: I loved you so - `twas heaven here with you! Isla Paschal Richardson ____________________________________________________ A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveliness increases; It will never pass into nothingness; But still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, And quiet breathing. Keats ____________________________________________________
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. Hamilton Wright Mabie ____________________________________________________ My lengthening days begin. What matters more or less sun in the sky, When all is sun within? Christina G Rossetti ____________________________________________________ As my life today has been determined by the way I lived my yesterday, So my tomorrow is being determined by the way I live my today. Ralph Waldo Trine ____________________________________________________ spring 96
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Thank You From Tom Manson, Her Loving Husband. ____________________________________________________ Seed Thoughts The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down on us. (Richter) ____________________ It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind. (Swift) ____________________ To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. (F W Robertson) ___________________ The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. (Goldsmith) ____________________ Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. (Lao-Tse) ____________________ Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among her treasures, or what inconspicuous flower of the field she will preserve as the symbol of "thoughts that do often lie to deep for tears...". And yet I do not doubt that the most important things are always the best remembered. (Van Dyke) ____________________ If one cannot arrange that an income of twenty four hours a day shall exactly cover all proper items of expenditure, one does muddle one's whole life indefinitely. We shall never have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is. (Bennett) ____________________ What is it that troubles you? Death? Who lives forever. Or because your foot has stumbled on the earth? There is no man who has never stumbled. (Schemuel Ha-Nagid) ____________________ Lord, on you I call for help against my blind and senseless torment, Since you alone can renew inwardly and outwardly my mind, my will, and my strength, Which are weak. (Michelangelo) ____________________ Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. (Lao-Tse) ____________________ Mind is the master-power that moulds and makes, And man is Mind, and evermore he takes, The tool of thought, and shaping it what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking glass. (James Allen) ____________________ A friend, the sight of whom to the eyes is a balm - who is the heart's delight - who shares our joys and our sorrows - is a treasure rare. But other friendly persons who are ready to share in our prosperity, abound. Friendship's true touchstone is adversity. (Hitopadesa) ____________________ Do valiantly, and hope confidently, and wait patiently. (Carlyle) ____________________ The Spirit of Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above it's strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility, for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible. (Thomas A Kempis) ____________________ When thou countest almost all to be lost, then oftentimes the greatest reward is close at hand. (Thomas A Kempis) ____________________ If we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the Angels give. (George Macdonald) ____________________ Death, of which we so much fear, and from which we shrink, is but an intermission of life, and not it's destruction. (Seneca) ____________________
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