“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien - but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most - from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. The Obama family offers our condolences to Robin’s family, his friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to Robin Williams.” HumansKindMadeSpiritFoundPresidentVoiceLaughingOur LivesStreetsTalentCryNeededOffersElementsDoctorsThanksAliensTouchingProfessorsPeterTroopsVersesHuman SpiritRobinsOur TroopsMarginalizedCondolencesNanniesOne Of A KindGeniesAirmenOur Condolences Author:Barack Obama
“I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.” PeopleThinkingShouldProblemOur LivesPolicyNeededSolutionsHarderPatternsCarbon Author:Al Gore
“The car has made our lives more difficult. If not for it, we would have everything we needed within walking distance.” IfsMadeDifficultOur LivesCarNeededWalkingDistance Author:Siddharth Katragadda
“... even if Lucretius was wrong, and the soul is immortal, it is nevertheless steadily changing its interests and its possessions.Our lives are mortal if our soul is not; and the sentiment which reconciled Lucretius to death is as much needed if we are to face many deaths, as if we are to face only one.” IfsSoulFacesInterestOur LivesNeededPossessionMortalsImmortalityImmortalSentimentsNevertheless Book:The Works of George Santayana Source: The Works of George Santayana
“I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.” MenLooksLongOur LivesGenerationsKingsNeededLuckyMarijuanaDrsMy Generation Author:Lena Horne
“We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.” ShouldForceGrowsChurchLeaderPrinciplesStudyOur LivesPrayingNeededPatientDrivingScriptureDevelopingManifestationProphetMatureExpectingTestimonyBe PatientSpectacularStrengtheningDriving ForceChurch Leaders Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“No intellect is needed to see those figures who wait beyond the void of death - every child is aware of them, blazing with glories dark or bright, wrapped in authority older than the universe. They are the stuff of our earliest dreams, as of our dying visions. Rightly we feel our lives guided by them, and rightly too we feel how little we matter to them, the builders of the unimaginable, the fighters of wars beyond the totality of existence.” FeelsChildrenLittlesWarMatterDreamUniverseStuffWaitingDarkExistenceVisionOur LivesDyingFiguresNeededAuthorityGloryIntellectFighterVoidTotalityBuilderUnimaginableBlazing Book:Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' Source: Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'