NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

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,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manor of thy friend's

Or of thine own were:

Any man's death diminishes me,

Because I am involved in mankind,

And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;

It tolls for thee.

- John Donne, 1572-1631

TO LOVE

"To love another person 

Is to see the face of God."

- Jean ValJean, Les Miserables

HE WHO SAVES ONE

"He who saves one, saves the world entire."

- Oscar Schindler

WOMAN'S CHARMS

"A woman should possess all the

charms of beauty, 

gentleness and simple truth 

that can purify

 and subdue the heart of man."

- Author Unknown

STATUE OF LIBERTY

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.

I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

- Emma Lazarus, (Statue of Liberty)

A MAN'S REACH

"A man's reach should exceed his

grasp or else

what's Heaven for?"

- Robert Browning

A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART

"The tumult and shouting dies;

The captain and the kings depart,

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,

an humble and contrite heart.

Lord of Hosts, be with us yet,

Lest we forget, lest we forget."

-  Rudyard Kipling
"Recessional"

MOST POWERFUL

 "Most powerful is he who has himself

in his power."

- Seneca

LOVE

LOVE - it is the gift of heaven,

Like the rose, how sweet its bloom,

And where'er is felt its presence,

There it dissipates each gloom.

And the heart that liveth truly,

In its first affection pure,

Shall, as long as life continues,

Find its happiness endure.

- Anonymous, 19th Century