I want to be a dogfish and catch a leaping catfish with whiskers as long as the stream. And I want to be the rain trinkling down on the world telling it it's springtime. — Noah Frank, Grade 2, Lakeshore Elementary School, California IN TODAY'S SESSION... Children listened to a magical, bedtime...

Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. — Han Suyin, writer, A Many Splendored Thing IN TODAY'S SESSION... we explored what it means to "seek the truth in love" through a true story of the Rev. David Pettee's research to learn about his slave-holding ancestors. Rev. Pettee's "hard truth"...

Pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it. — Leo Tolstoy IN TODAY'S SESSION... the participants learned about Unitarian minister and scientist Joseph Priestley whose story embodies our Unitarian heritage of "seeking the truth in love." We shared some of the things we wonder about...

Each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint ... discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. — Oprah Winfrey IN TODAY'S SESSION... we concluded our...

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. — George Bernard Shaw IN TODAY'S SESSION... we explored what it means to "help one another." We heard the true story of how Unitarian Universalist churches in the Central Midwest District banded together to address homelessness in...

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. — Margaret Fuller, 19th-century Unitarian theologian IN TODAY'S SESSION... the participants experienced a challenging obstacle course and then heard a story about Elizabeth Blackwell who persisted in her quest to become a doctor even as...

Say not 'I have found the truth,' but rather 'I have found a truth.' — Khalil Gibran, from The Prophet IN TODAY'S SESSION... the participants heard a story about three sons who were given the challenge of filling an entire house. The two older brothers brought in lots of large objects and were...

[God] grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference....

You cannot shake hands with a closed fist. — Indira Ghandi Love is not a doctrine. Peace is not an international agreement. Love and Peace are beings who live as possibilities in us. — Mary Caroline Richards, poet, potter, and philosopher IN TODAY'S SESSION... we explored peacemaking, and how...

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice. — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. IN TODAY'S SESSION... the participants began their exploration of the words "to dwell together in peace" in the Blake covenant by discovering how the concepts of civil disobedience...

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of [humanity]. — Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and (1913) Nobel Prize winner Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and...

The central task of the religious community is to unveil the bonds that bind each to all. — Mark Morrison-Reed IN TODAY'S SESSION... we explored what service means in the context of our congregation. We heard an adaptation of Aesop's fable about the ants and the grasshopper, and how, in the end,...

Spiritual warrior's pledge: Not for myself alone, but that all the people may live. — Brooke Medicine Eagle, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them. — Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road IN TODAY'S SESSION... we...

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. — Hebrew scripture, Leviticus 19:18 IN TODAY'S SESSION... participants explored how, when love is the spirit of our church, we can find it in our hearts to treat others as we would like to be...

Love is something if you give it away, you end up having more. — Malvina Reynolds (from the song "Magic Penny") IN TODAY'S SESSION... the children heard a story, "The Mish-Mash Heart," about how love becomes richer when it is given away or shared. We talked about the ways we share our love with...

God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. — Christian scripture, 1 John 4:16 IN TODAY'S SESSION... participants heard the story of Judith Sargent Murray and how the pioneers of Universalist thought with their emphasis upon God as love was a strong departure...

Love is the spirit of this church, and service its law. This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, To seek the truth in love, And to help one another. — James Vila Blake (1842-1925), Unitarian minister IN TODAY'S SESSION... the children heard the story of Noah, and the covenant that...

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. — Mother Jones in Linda Atkinson, Mother Jones (1978) You never find yourself until you face the truth. — Pearl Bailey, The Raw Pearl (1968) You will know the truth, and the truth will make you...

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. — Ernest Hemingway There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. — Ida B. Wells Talk about the quotes. Do you agree with them? WHAT WE DID TODAY...

Be ours a religion which, like sunshine, goes everywhere; Its temple, all space; Its shrine, the good heart; Its creed, all truth; Its ritual, works of love; Its profession of faith, divine living. — Theodore Parker Talk about the quote. Does it seem like a good summary of UU ideas? Use the...