“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.  It is my personal approach that creates the climate.  It is my daily mood that makes the weather.  I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.  I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration; I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.  In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person humanized or de-humanized.  If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.  If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

"God has no religion."

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.