This gratitude Friday, I am grateful for American philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). He was born in Concord, Massachusetts...

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,...

“Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and...

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching...

The written word can be refined until it captures the essence of something perfectly. Writers have put gems to paper (and parchment or...

“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the...

The measure of life is not its duration but its donation.” -Peter Marshall In this time we live in, there seems to be so much senseless...

“Somewhere along the way, someone sacrificed enough to crush the rot of tyranny in order to plant the seeds of freedom. And if we don’t...

“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s...

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The...

“The Singer Tract was the one forest that looked and felt and smelled and sounded as it must have thousands of years before, there was a...

“The thrill of falling in love is often the thrill of being loved; the thrill of marriage is the thrill of loving someone for the rest of...

“There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the...

“The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo Two weeks ago, I woke up, got a warm cup of...

“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.” - W. H. Auden The human condition is an...