“Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.”
"We cannot really love anyone with whom we never laugh."
- Agnes Repplier
Love
"It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more."
- Agnes Repplier
Love
"Happiness is not easy to find within yourself, but impossible to find it elsewhere."
- Agnes Repplier
Self-awareness
"It is not easy to find happiness within yourself, but impossible to find it elsewhere."
- Agnes Repplier
Happiness
"It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning."
- Agnes Repplier
Education
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."
- Will Rogers
Reflection
"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
Reflection
"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."
- Lucille Ball
Reflection
"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."
- Pema Chodron
Reflection
"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."
Reflection