Had today to scroll through the other birthday people and found some quotes which I really liked. If honor would be profitable, everybody would be honorable' Thomas More It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler

Once in a while I need some quotes which are just nice and peaceful. The John Ruskin quotes are just that. I work my way through the others if I find enough time. Thanks for reminding me that Franz Marc was born on Feb 8. Several of his prints (of course I never could afford an original), have been with me since I was a teenager and fell in love with them.

Although Tolle is an unknown to me, the first quote really strikes home with me.

Audre Lorde Quotes American - Poet February 18, 1934 - November 17, 1992 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/audre_lorde Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever. Audre Lorde It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. Audre Lorde The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. Audre Lorde There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. Audre Lorde There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt. Audre Lorde In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction. Audre Lorde Your silence will not protect you. Audre Lorde I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. Audre Lorde I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? Audre Lorde