Audre Lorde - paths to knowledge

“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”— Audre Lorde

William Wordsworth Quotes

"A day spent in a round of strenuous idleness." ~ William Wordsworth (1770–1850), British poet. The Prelude, bk. 4, l. 376-7 (1850).

"Faith is a passionate intuition." ~William Wordsworth

"Poetry is the spontaneous outflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origins from emotion recollected in tranquillity." ~William Wordsworth, Introduction to Lyrical Ballads, 1802, second edition.

Oprah - start being grateful

"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get." — Oprah, August 9, 2010

Oprah - life on course

"When your life is on course with its purpose, you are your most powerful. And you may stumble, but you will not fall." — Oprah

Oprah - shadow of fear and self-doubt

"You can either waltz boldly onto the floor of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall and recede in the shadows of fear and self-doubt." — Oprah, August 2, 2010

Don Miguel Ruiz - respect begets peace

"When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us." — Don Miguel Ruiz, author