"Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

#Wise Quotes #Mother Quotes #Children Quotes

“The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead...”
“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.”
“The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.”
“The Divine has loved me as mother, as father, and as friend, behind all friends. I searched for that one Friend behind all friends, that one lover whom I now see glimmering in all your faces. And that friend never fails me.”
“I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in 'good' wars.”
“Art is craft, not inspiration.”
“I havent really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.”
“The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn't exist.”

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