Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.” Tim Berners-Lee, Unitarian and creator of the world wide web, launched in the public domain on this day in 1989

“There are two kinds of worries – those you can do something about and those you can’t. Don’t spend any time on the latter.” Jazz musician Duke Ellington, born on this day in 1899

“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, born on this day inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 28th April”

“It seems wrong that out of this bird,Black, bold, a suggestion of darkPlaces about it, there yet should comeSuch rich music, as though the notes’Ore were changed to a rare metalAt one touch of that bright bill. You have heard it often, alone at your deskIn a green April, your mind drawnAway from its workContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 27th April”

“Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.” Marcus Aurelius, born on this day in 121

“Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side.Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms.Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 25th April”

“The idea of a document’s being “scriptural,” that is, having authority, is integral to Western thought. We no longer remember that wisdom, knowledge, and teaching were conveyed primarily by oral means, that in early Celtic times it was the word that had authority, not what was written. The druids did not write their teachings down;Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 24th April”

“If I am in my soul, when I look at others, I see their souls. I still see the individual differences – men and women, rich and poor, attractive and unattractive, and all that stuff. But when we recognize each other as souls, we are seeing each other as aspects of the One. Love isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 23rd April”

“The slippery green frogthat went to his deathin the heron’s pink throatwas my small brother, and the heronwith the white plumeslike a crown on his headwho is washing now his great sword-beakin the shining pondis my tall thin brother. My heart dresses in blackand dances.” Mary Oliver

“The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, to drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness and the light; to pace around in the mill of habit, and turn thought into an instrument of trade-this is not life. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechanism ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 21st April”