Beauty by John Muir

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir

Good Manners

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.  If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. - Emily Post

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer


Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them. - Bill Kelly

The Beauty of Silence

“Be still, and know that I am God."  - Psalm 46:10

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. - William Penn

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. - Walter Bagehot

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.  ~Samuel Johnson

Silence is the mother of truth. - Benjamin Disraeli