POETRY

 



The Member Who Never Came Back
It amuses me now to think that your organization spends so much time looking for new
members -- when I was there all the time. Do you remember me?
I am the fellow who came to every meeting, but nobody paid any attention to me. I tried
several times to be friendly, but everyone seemed to have his own friends to talk and sit
with. I sat down among some unfamiliar faces several times, but they did not pay much
attention to me.
I hoped somebody would ask me to join one of the committees or to somehow participate
and contribute.-- no one did.
Finally, because of illness, I missed a meeting. the next month no one asked me where I had
been. I guess it did not matter very much whether I was there or not. On the next meeting
date I decided to stay home and watch a good program on television. When I attended the
next meeting, no one asked me where I was the month before.
You might say that I am a good guy, a good family man, that I hold a responsible job and
love my community.
You know what else I am? I am the member who never came back.
 

 

Sister-to-Sister friendship and respect helps to define the wonderment and beauty of the Eastern Star.

In times like these, no one needs to be alone. The presence of an OES sister helps the sun to shine brighter and the stars to enhance their glow. The following poem, which I wrote helps me to understand and cherish my commitment as an Eastern Star Sister.

My Sister, My Sister

When I rise, and my eyes are still closed from the gloom of yesterdays despair,
I know that there is a bright five-color star, which knows my hurt and will soon be there.

Whenever, the frailty of my body precludes my performance of my daily deeds,
I know that my sisterhood keeps me in prayer and will soon attend to my needs.

Let not my heart be troubled or hang my head in a deep mire of unhappiness,
For not too long from now a fellow star will knock on my door and ensure my cheerfulness.

Let not the labors of the long day cause me to be depressed and on the brink of tears,
For I know that am part of a sisterhood, and I know that someone will take the time to care!


Sisterly love and concern should always be a part of our mindset and agenda. It is not even to wear the star proudly and perform the numerous tasks of the organization. It is just as important to maintain a friendship chain by calling, visiting, entertaining, fellowshipping or just being present when needed. It is this bond of friendship, which will make our organization strong and will ensure that the Order of the Eastern Star will forever flourish.

Fraternally Yours,
Lois Perkins
 

A Christmas Greeting !©1998

The time, once more, is drawing near
To think of sharing Christmas cheer
With friends and family, young and old
All joyous, as events unfold
That raise the consciousness, of man
To thoughts of love and peace… again.

I wish that I could guarantee
To share with you, your Christmas tree.
To raise a glass and drink a toast
To you and yours, my would-be host.
For there is neither kin nor kith
I’d rather share this season with.

But, I am here and you are there
This wondrous time we’ll only share
Within our thoughts, so, thus I say
I’ll think of you on Christmas day.
And trust you’ll spare some thoughts for me
While you enjoy your Christmas tree.


From the pen of:

Hugh S. Knight
Powell River, BC
Canada
husylknight@shaw.ca

TAKE TIME FOR NEW FACES!

I see you at the meeting
But you never say hello.
You’re busy all the time you’re there
With those you already know.
I sit among the members
And yet I’m a lonesome guy.
The new ones are as strange as I,
But you old members pass me by.
But darn it, you folks asked me in,
And talked of fellowship.
You could just step across the room
But you’ve never made the trip.
Why can’t you nod and say hello,
Or stop and shake my hand,
Then go and sit among your friends –
Now, that I’d understand.
I’ll be at your next meeting –
Perhaps, a nice time to spend.
Do you think you could introduce yourself?
I want to be your friend.
 

Friendship

The Friend Who Just Stands By

When trouble comes your soul to try

You love the friend who just stands by

Perhaps there's nothing she can do,

The thing is strictly up to you

For there are troubles all your own

And paths your soul must tread alone.

Times when love can't smooth the road

Nor friendship lift the heavy load,

But just to feel you have a friend

Who will stand by until the end.

Whose sympathy through all endures,

Whose warm handclasp is always yours,

It helps somehow to pull you through

Although there's nothing he can do.

And so with fervent heart we cry,

"God bless the friend who just stands by!"

November 11, 2004
Why the Poppy?

A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battlefield deaths during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, remarking that fields that were barren before battle exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended.

During the tremendous bombardments of the First World War the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble, allowing 'popaver rhoeas' to thrive. When the war ended the lime was quickly absorbed, and the poppy began to disappear again.

After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields was published 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.

Three years later an American, Moina Michael, was working in a New York City YMCA canteen when she started wearing a poppy in memory of the millions who died on the battlefield.

During a 1920 visit to the United States a French woman, Madame Guerin, learned of the custom. On her return to France she decided to use handmade poppies to raise money for the destitute children in war-torn areas of the country. In November, 1921, the first poppies were distributed in Canada.

Thanks to the millions of Canadians who wear flowers each November, the little red plant has never died. And neither have Canadian's memories for 116,031 of their countrymen who died in battle.
 

Secrets of Serenity

These inspiring thoughts will help you find the place inside yourself where you can be at total peace. What you think and feel will influence your health.

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"May today there be peace within you.
May you trust God that you
  are exactly where you are meant to be.
 "I believe that friends are quiet angels
who lift us to our feet when our wings
 have trouble remembering how to fly."

Author Unknown

 

IF

(Abridged quote from Rudyard Kipling's "If")

"If you can keep your head when all around you

are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtues,

Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds 'worth of distance run.

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"

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"In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season."
- Bill Vaughan

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"To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a flower."

W. Blake

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A Secretary's Collection:

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives. Alexandra Dumas

The following are quotations appearing in the

Chapel of Peace
at

The International Peace Gardens
Manitoba-North Dakota

"NEVER LOOK DOWN TO TEST THE GROUND

BEFORE TAKING YOUR NEXT STEP;

ONLY HE WHO KEEPS HIS EYE FIXED ON THE

FAR HORIZON WILL FIND HIS RIGHT ROAD."

DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

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"A ROOM OF QUIET...A TEMPLE OF PEACE;

A HOME OF FAITH...WHERE DOUBTINGS CEASE;

A HOUSE OF COMFORT...WHERE HOPE IS GIVEN;

A SOURCE OF STRENGTH...TO MAKE EARTH HEAVEN;

A SHRINE OF WORSHIP...A PLACE TO PRAY-

I FOUND ALL THIS... IN MY CHURCH TODAY."

ANONYMOUS

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"UNTIL YOU HAVE BECOME REALLY,

IN ACTUAL FACT,

A BROTHER TO EVERYONE,

BROTHERHOOD WILL NOT COME TO PASS."

FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY

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"ALL THAT WE ARE IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT. THE MIND IS EVERYTHING.

 WHAT WE THINK, WE BECOME."

BUDDHA

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"DEAR GOD, GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO ACCEPT

WITH SERENITY THE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED.

GIVE US COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE CHANGED.

AND GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DISTINGUISH ONE FROM THE OTHER."

REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND ADMIRAL THOMAS C. HART

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"NON-VIOLENCE AND TRUTH ARE INSEPARABLE

AND PREDISPOSE ONE ANOTHER.

THERE IS NO GOD HIGHER THAN TRUTH."

MAHATMA GANDHI

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"THE GIFT WITHOUT THE GIVER IS BARE;

WHO GIVES HIMSELF WITH HIS ALMS FEEDS THREE,-

HIMSELF, HIS HUNGERING NEIGHBOR, AND ME."

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

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"WHERE THERE IS IGNORANCE-

LET THERE BE KNOWLEDGE;

WHERE HEARTS ARE BLIND AND HARD,

LET THERE BE SIGHT;

WHERE THERE IS FALSITY-

LET TRUTH BE UTTERED

WHERE EVIL CASTS ITS GLOOM-

LET THERE BE LIGHT."

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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"WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE,

WITH CHARITY FOR ALL;

WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT,

AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT,

LET US STRIVE ON TO FINISH

THE WORK WE ARE IN;

TO BIND UP THE NATION’S WOUNDS."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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"I BELIEVE WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT

THAT SCIENCE AND PEACE WILL FINALLY

TRIUMPH OVER IGNORANCE AND WAR,

AND THAT NATIONS OF THE EARTH

WILL ULTIMATELY AGREE NOT TO

DESTROY, BUT TO BUILD UP."

LOUIS PASTEUR

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"IT IS A THING OF NO GREAT DIFFICULTY TO

RAISE OBJECTIONS AGAINST ANOTHER MAN’S

ORATION, - NAY, IT IS A VERY EASY

MATTER; BUT TO PRODUCE A BETTER IN ITS

PLACE IS A WORK EXTREMELY TROUBLESOME."

PLUTARCH

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"NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING,

BEHOLD, THERE CAME THREE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST TO JERUSALEM. SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS?

FOR WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR IN THE EAST,

AND ARE COME TO WORSHIP HIM."

ST. MATTHEW:2

 

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“THE MEASURE OF LIFE, AFTER ALL,
IS NOT ITS DURATION, BUT ITS DONATION.”
PETER MARSHALL

 

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"I SAID TO THE MAN WHO STOOD AT THE GATE OF THE YEAR:

GIVE ME A LIGHT THAT I MAY TREAD SAFELY INTO THE UNKNOWN, AND HE REPLIED:
GO OUT INTO THE DARKNESS AND PUT THINE HAND
INTO THE HAND OF GOD.
THAT SHALL BE TO THEE, BETTER THAN LIGHT AND
SAFER THAN A KNOWN WAY."
KING GEORGE VI - 1939

 

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"IN ORDER THAT PEOPLE MAY BE HAPPY IN THEIR WORK,

THESE THREE THINGS ARE NEEDED;
THEY MUST BE FOR IT;
THEY MUST NOT DO TOO MUCH OF IT:
AND THEY MUST HAVE A SENSE
OF SUCCESS IN IT."
JOHN RUSKIN

 

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"THE LAW, WHEREIN, AS IN A MAGIC MIRROR,
WE SEE REFLECTED NOT ONLY OUR OWN LIVES,
BUT THE LIVES OF ALL MEN THAT HAVE BEEN!
WHEN I THINK ON THIS MAJESTIC THEME,
ME EYES DAZZLE."
OLIVER WENDEL HOLMES, JR.

 

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“SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND ALL THESE THINGS
SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.”
SERMON ON THE MOUNT

 

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"SO LONG AS WE GOVERN OUR NATION BY
THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF
THE BILL OF RIGHTS,
WE CAN BE SURE THAT OUR NATION WILL GROW
IN STRENGTH AND WISDOM AND FREEDOM."
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

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*SO LONG AS WE LOVE, WE SERVE.

SO LONG AS WE ARE LOVED BY

OTHERS I WOULD ALMOST SAY

WE ARE INDISPENSABLE; AND

NO MAN IS USELESS WHILE

HE HAS A FRIEND."

ROBERT LOUIS STEPHENSON

 

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"WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES

ANOTHER DOOR OPENS;

BUT WE SO OFTEN LOOK SO LONG

AND SO REGRETFULLY

UPON THE CLOSED DOOR,

THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE ONES

WHICH OPEN FOR US."

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

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PEACE LORD,

"MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF THY PEACE;

WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET ME SOW LOVE;

WHERE THERE IS INJURY, PARDON;

WHERE THERE IS DISCORD, UNION;

WHERE THERE IS DOUBT, FAITH;

WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, HOPE;

WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, LIGHT;

WHERE THERE IS SADNESS, JOY;...

O ALMIGHTY LORD

GRANT THAT I MAY NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE;

TO BE UNDERSTOOD, AS TO UNDERSTAND;

TO BE LOVED, AS TO LOVE;

FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE,

IT IS IN PARDONING THAT WE ARE PARDONED,

AND IT IS IN DYING THAT WE ARE BORN TO

ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN"

PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

 

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"HE WHO HAS NEVER HOPED CAN NEVER DESPAIR."

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

 

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"I SHALL PASS THROUGH THIS WORLD BUT ONCE.

ANY GOOD THEREFORE THAT I CAN DO,

OR ANY KINDNESS THAT I CAN SHOW TO

ANY HUMAN BEING, LET ME DO IT NOW.

LET ME NOT DEFER NOR NEGLECT IT,

FOR I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN."

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

 

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"FAITH IS GREATER THAN ANY BOMB!

FAITH IS THE MOST POTENT WEAPON EVER DEVISED.

DO NOT LOSE FAITH IN MANKIND,

AND IN THE PURPOSES OF THE CREATOR,

DO NOT LOSE FAITH IN THE FUTURE.

MUCH IS BEING DONE TO PROMOTE

BROTHERHOOD, UNDERSTANDING, AND PEACE..."

DAVID E. LILIENTHAL

 

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"IF WE LIVE TRULY, WE SHALL SEE TRULY...

INSIST ON YOURSELF; NEVER IMITATE...

NOTHING IS AT LAST SACRED

BUT THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR OWN MIND.

NOTHING CAN BRING YOU PEACE

BUT YOURSELF.

NOTHING CAN BRING YOU PEACE

BUT THE TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLES."

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

 

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"THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR,

IS FEAR ITSELF."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

 

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"WHERE PEACE IS UNKNOWN,

TO MAKE IT WELCOME.

WHERE PEACE IS FRAGILE,

TO MAKE IT STRONG.

WHERE PEACE IS TEMPORARY,

TO MAKE IT PERMANENT."

RICHARD NIXON INAUGURAL ADDRESS 1969

 

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"HE ONLY EARNS HIS FREEDOM AND EXISTENCE

WHO DAILY CONQUERS THEM ANEW."

GOETHE

 

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"MAKE US A NATION OF SEARCHERS FOR PEACE,
AND THEN LEAD US TO PEACE IN OUR TIME.
MAY WE BE AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD OF
DISCIPLINED PEACE RESEARCH, LET US
NEITHER AGGRESS NOR SUPPORT AGGRESSION.
AND, MAY WE STRIVE AS MUCH AS WE HAVE
IT IN US, TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL MEN."
TIM BENTLEY, A YOUNG CANADIAN-1967

 

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"HAPPINESS GROWS AT OUR OWN FIRESIDES,
AND IS NOT TO BE PICKED IN STRANGERS’ GARDENS."
DOUGLAS JERROLD

 

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"THAT LONG CANADIAN FRONTIER FROM
THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEANS,
GUARDED ONLY BY NEIGHBORLY
RESPECT AND HONORABLE OBLIGATIONS,
IS AN EXAMPLE TO EVERY COUNTRY AND
A PATTERN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD."
WINSTON S CHURCHILL

 

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"WE BELIEVE-AS YOU DO- THAT THE PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME

CANNOT BE SOLVED BY MILITARY STRENGTH ALONE.
PEACE-CAN BE WON ONLY BY THE
QUALITY OF INFINITE PATIENCE,
WE MAY DIFFER ON THE “HOWS”,
BUT NEVER ON THE “WHYS.”
YOU MAY DEPEND UPON US AS
FAITHFUL FRIENDS AND COMRADES."
VINCENT MASSEY

 

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"THERE ARE NO RELIGIONS WHICH ARE FALSE,
ALL ARE TRUE IN THEIR OWN FASHION;
ALL ANSWER, THOUGH IN DIFFERENT WAYS,
TO THE GIVEN CONDITIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE."
EMILE DURKHEIM

 

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"O LORD, HELP US TO BE MASTERS OF OURSELVES
THAT WE MAY BE SERVANTS OF OTHERS."
SIR ALEXANDER PATERSON

 

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“FOR IT IS YOU WHO ARE TO RECEIVE

THE TORCH FROM THE HANDS OF YOUR

ELDERS AND TO LIVE IN THE WORLD AT

THE PERIOD OF THE MOST GIGANTIC

TRANSFORMATIONS EVER REALIZED IN

IT’S HISTORY. IT IS YOU, WHO

RECEIVING THE BEST OF THE EXAMPLE

OF THE TEACHING OF YOUR PARENTS

AND YOUR TEACHERS, ARE TO FORM

THE SOCIETY OF TOMORROW.

YOU WILL EITHER SAVE YOURSELVES

OR YOU WILL PERISH WITH IT.”

VATICAN II

 

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"OBSERVE GOOD FAITH AND JUSTICE

TOWARD ALL NATIONS, CULTIVATE

PEACE AND HARMONY WITH ALL."

GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

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"LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GRASP ANOTHER

HUMAN BEING IN THE INNERMOST CORE

OF HIS PERSONALITY."

VIKTOR FRANKL

 

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"CANADA’S CENTENNIAL PRAYER

WE ASK FOR UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY

FOR CLEAR VISION AND SENSITIVITY

FOR WISDOM AND SELFLESSNESS

FOR STRENGTH AND COURAGE.

THAT WE MAY SUCCEED IN OUR AWESOME TASK

TO DIGNIFY EACH ONE IN OUR LAND

TO GIVE HIM FREEDOM, RIGHT,

AND OPPORTUNITY

TO ENRICH HIS MATERIAL, CULTURAL

AND SPIRITUAL MODE OF LIFE

TO CREATE UNITY IN THE LAND.

FOR EVER AND EVER.

AMEN"

1967

 

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“WHATEVER YOU DO, ADHERE TO THE UNION.
WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY, AND SHALL BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST IF WE PRESERVE IT;
WE SHALL SINK INTO INSIGNIFICANCE AND
ADVERSITY IF WE SUFFER IT TO BE BROKEN."
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD

 

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"PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU,
MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU;
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU.
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.
YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU,
I GO AWAY, AND COME AGAIN UNTO YOU."
ST. JOHN 14:27-28

 

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"THE BEST DEFENCE OF PEACE IS NOT POWER,
BUT THE REMOVAL OF THE CAUSES OF WAR,
AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WHICH WILL
PUT PEACE ON A STRONGER FOUNDATION,
THAN THE TERROR OF DESTRUCTION."
HON. LESTER B PEARSON

 

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"OUR GOAL IS NOT THE VICTORY
OF MIGHT, BUT THE VINDICATION OF RIGHT;
NOT PEACE AT THE EXPENSE OF FREEDOM,
BUT BOTH PEACE AND FREEDOM,
HERE IN THIS HEMISPHERE
AND AROUND THE WORLD, GOD WILLING
THAT GOAL WILL BE REACHED."
JOHN F. KENNEDY

 

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“DON’T WALK AHEAD OF ME, I MAY NOT FOLLOW.
DON’T WALK BEHIND ME, I MAY NOT LEAD.
WALK BESIDE ME, AND JUST BE MY FRIEND.”
CAMUS
 

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"WHEN YOU KNOW A THING, TO HOLD
THAT YOU KNOW IT; AND WHEN
YOU DO NOT KNOW A THING -
THIS IS KNOWLEDGE."
CONFUCIUS

 

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"LIVE NEITHER IN THE PAST NOR IN THE FUTURE,
BUT LET EACH DAY’S WORK ABSORB
ALL YOUR INTEREST, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM.
THE BEST PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW IS
TO DO TODAY’S WORK SUPERBLY WELL."
SIR WILLIAM OSLER

 

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"THERE MUST BE A BEGINNING OF ANY GREAT MATTER;
BUT THE CONTINUING
UNTO THE END UNTIL IT BE THOROUGHLY
FINISHED YIELDS THE TRUE GLORY."
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

 

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"WE JUDGE OURSELVES BY WHAT WE FEEL
WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING:
OTHERS JUDGE US BY WHAT WE HAVE DONE."
LONGFELLOW

 

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"DOST THOU LOVE LIFE?
THEN DO NOT SQUANDER TIME,
FOR THAT IS THE STUFF LIFE IS MADE OF."
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

 

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"OUR DEFENSE IS NOT IN ARMAMENTS,
NOR IN SCIENCE, NOR IN GOING UNDERGROUND.
OUR DEFENSE IS IN LAW AND ORDER."
ALBERT EINSTEIN

 

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"MAY WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD TO PEACE
IN GOD’S CATHEDRAL BY SERVING WITH
SINCERITY, CHARITY, TRUTH AND
LOVING KINDNESS FOR ALL MANKIND."
SAYDA SEYBOLD PETTERSEN MWGM
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OES ‘67-’70

 

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"THE ONLY HOPE OF PRESERVING WHAT IS
BEST LIES IN THE PRACTICE OF AN
IMMENSE CHARITY, A WIDE TOLERANCE,
A SINCERE RESPECT FOR OPINIONS THAT
ARE NOT OURS."
P.G. HAMERTON

 

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"FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE, THESE THREE-
AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."
ST. PAUL, 1 COR. 13.

 

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"LET US ADORE THE EVER-LIVING GOD,
AND RENDER PRAISE UNTO HIM WHO
SPREAD OUT THE HEAVENS AND
ESTABLISHED THE EARTH, WHOSE
GLORY IS REVEALED IN THE HEAVENS
ABOVE AND WHOSE GREATNESS IS
MANIFEST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HE IS OUR GOD;
THERE IS NONE ELSE.
WE BOW OUR HEADS IN REVERENCE,
AND WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS,
THE HOLY ONE, PRAISED BE HE."
FROM THE UNION PRAYER BOOK FOR JEWISH WORSHIP

 

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"NO DIFFICULT PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED
TO THE SATISFACTION OF ALL SIDES.
WE LIVE IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD AND
HAVE TO ACCEPT IMPERFECT SOLUTIONS,
WHICH BECOME MORE ACCEPTABLE AS WE
LEARN TO LIVE WITH THEM,
AND AS TIME PASSES BY,"
U THANT

 

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"CONSIDER THAT THIS DAY
WILL NE’ER DAWN AGAIN."
DANTE

 

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"LOOK TO THIS DAY FOR TOMORROW IS
BUT A VISION
AND YESTERDAY A DREAM."
THE SANSKRIT

 

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"GOD DID NOT COME TO ME THROUGH A
MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE,
BUT THROUGH A HUMAN BEING,
A NEIGHBOR, AN AGENT OF HIS LOVE."
ELIZABETH KILBOURN

 

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"THE LORD BLESS THEE AND KEEP THEE.
THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON THEE;
AND BE GRACIOUS UNTO THEE;
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON THEE,
AND GIVE THEE PEACE."
NUMBERS 6:24-26