“If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.”

“We can all help turn the tide against bullying...If we stand up and speak out strongly against it!”

“Art is excitement which if we can't create ourselves, we can at least, through love of it, make available to others.”

“We live like latecomers to the theater; we must catch up as best we can, divining the begging from the shape of later events.”

“But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this— we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws."—Whewell: "Bridgewater Treatise".”

“Deal with each situation as best as you can. Life is only a series of events. You're here one day and you're there the next. We can't change the past, but we can continue to live positive for the future.”