Sign Sayings
Sayings on the outdoor sign on the corner of Avenue Road and Bloor Street are a popular local attraction for passers-by. Here is a selection of our favourites:
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
When death comes I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. Mary Oliver
Peace begins when the hungry are fed. Anonymous
It is wrong to keep quiet about what is harmful. St. Columban
Truth does not change because it is or is not believed by a majority. Giordana Bruno
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. John Lennon
Life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards. Kierkegaard
Pure love and prayer are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible. Thomas Merton
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. Garrison Keillor
The environment is our sacred temple. Matthew Fox
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. Martin Luther King Jr.
God? The imagination reels! Charles Aznavour
The seduction of the spirit of consumerism is that it promises a happiness it will never deliver.
Mary Jo Leddy
Christmas 2006
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it. Andre Gide
Easter says you can put truth in a grave but it won't stay there. Clarence W. Hull
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank
You are here to kneel where prayer has been valid. T. S. Eliot
Children are living messages we send to a time we will not see. Neil Postman
Nothing that we have acquired unjustly is ours. Meister Eckhart
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. Audre Lorde
Education is delivery from bondage. Andre Gide
Teachers must open the door but you must enter by yourself. Anonymous
Don't waste time bothering whether you love your neighbour. Act as if you did. C. S. Lewis
The shortest road to being somebody is knowing who to follow. Baltasar Gracian
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. George Herbert
A brave man risks his life but not his conscience. Friedrich von Schiller
Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens. Carl Jung
Creation is the first act of liberation. Gustavo Gutierrez
We have seen the obstacle and it is us. Anonymous
The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be. Henri Nouwen
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reasons to hope. Teilhard de Chardin
The earth is mother - whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Chief Seattle
Destroying clean air is impractical. Faith ought to say it is blasphemous. Joseph Sittler