ath3na's talking points

"Everything we do affects other people."
-Luke Ford

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this world a better place for ALL people.
- Maya Angelou

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."
- Augusten Burroughs

If you're new to my Century 21 posts, click here.

Don't waste time looking backward.
You'll just trip.

A couple'a quotes I ran across today that I liked.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steve Weinberg

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi

There will be more to come as I find them...

Another Century 21 quote. If you missed the first one click here.

Truth exists. Only falsehood has to be invented.

I pass a Century 21 on the way to work everyday, and I've passed this place all of my life, and as long as I can remember they have always had really cool quotes on their sign. I'd like to start making note of those quotes in a category called Century 21. Here's the most recent...

When apologizing don't ruin it with an excuse.

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Thanks Joel! Sometimes we all need a reminder. =)

I found this poem and wanted to share it...

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms,
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers.
Thanks to your love a certain fragrance,
risen darkly from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride,
so I love you because I know no other way than this:
where "I" does not exist, nor "you,"
So close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
So close that your eyes close and I fall asleep.

-Pablo Neruda