Leeaundra Mason Quotes & Sayings

I'm interested in this humbler approach, one that is more accepting of human foibles, and indeed sees dignity and peace as emerging more from that acceptance than from any method of transcending the human condition. — Thomas Moore

The cosmic perspective shows Earth to be a mote. But it's a precious mote and, for the moment, it's the only home we have. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The organic constitution of the Church is not immutable; but Christian society, just as human society, is subject to perpetual evolution. — Pope Pius X

Sometimes when we see or hear of a need, there is nothing we can do to help. Sometimes the only thing we can do is pray. But never underestimate the power of the prayers of the righteous. — Merrilee Boyack

When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world. — Nhat Hanh

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. — Denzel Washington

The Kugels, Kugel hated to admit, might just have to, in the event of genocide, rely on the kindness of strangers.
Mother used to say: I can name six million people who relied on the kindness of strangers. — Shalom Auslander

And now it [grass] seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves,
Tenderly will I use you curling grass,
It may be you transpire from the breasts of young men,
It may be if I had known them I would have loved them,
It may be you from old people, or from offspring taken soon out of their
mother's laps,
And here you are the mothers' laps.
- Song of Myself: 6 — Walt Whitman

...but now that I know it's possible for a couple of zebras to outsmart a crocodile, life is starting to look up" -Joe — Sarah Weeks

Mid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. — Judith Viorst

When they turn the sun
on again I'll plant children
under it, I'll light up my soul
with a match and let it sing ... — Anne Sexton

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. — Maya Angelou