by Susan | Sep 30, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
September 30, 1207 Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” September 30, 1928 Elie Wiesel “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence...
by Susan | Sep 29, 2022 | birthdays
September 29, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” September 29, 1864 Miguel de Unamuno “My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I’m not selling bread; I’m selling...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
September 28, 1839 Frances E. Willard “This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
September 27, 1722 Samuel Adams “It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” September 27, 1898 Clementine Paddleford “Never grow a wishbone,...
by Susan | Sep 26, 2022 | birthdays, inspiration
September 26, 1849 Ivan Pavlov “Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise.” September 26, 1888 T.S. Eliot “If you...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2022 | birthdays
September 25, 1897 William Faulkner “Man . . . is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” September 25, 1956 Miroslav Volf...
