Platza Oak Quotes & Sayings

And then I feel the sun itself
as it blazes over the hills,
like a million flowers on fire
clearly I'm not needed,
yet I feel myself turning
into something of inexplicable value.
-from The Buddha's Last Instruction — Mary Oliver

Culture (science) is the form of religion; Religion is the substance of culture (science). — Paul Tillich

Never let your light go out. — Jason Ellis

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed. — Publilius Syrus

Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless and teacherless. Let to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to a chair and placed her in the furnace room. We forgot her, trooped upstairs to church, and were listening quietly to the sermon when a dreadful banging issued from the radiator pipes, persisting until someone investigated and brought forth Eunice Ann saying she didn't want to play Shadrach any more - Jem Finch said she wouldn't get burnt if she had enough faith, but it was hot down there. — Harper Lee

The charm of a woodland road lies not only in its beauty but in anticipation. Around each bend may be a discovery, an adventure. — Dale Rex Coman

Clothes hide a multitude of sins. — Charmaine T. Davis

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security. — Kit Bond

No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them. — Moliere

What do you say to taking chances? — Celine Dion

The world's most funniest and easiest thing is to give an advice ... — Chetan Bhagat

Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson