In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for finding himself. If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. – Thomas Merton
Wherever men are noble, they love bright colour; and wherever they can live healthily, bright colour is given them—in sky, sea, flowers, and living creatures. – John Ruskin (1819–1900), Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the
Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earths ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature. – Jim Fowler
We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teachers salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom. – Major Owens