Thoughtful Thursday

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite."
- Bertrand Russell

"Not to be able to grow old is just as ridiculous as to be unable to outgrow childhood."
- Carl G. Jung

"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."
- Dorothy Thompson

"One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
- Article II, Section 1, United States Constitution

"Forever is composed of nows."
- Emily Dickinson

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time."
- Edith Wharton