daily contemplation

"Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts..."

~ Robert Fulham

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

~ Thomas Jefferson

"To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult."

~ Friedrich Nietzsche