Sherry Sharpnack

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Deep breathing is one way you can voluntarily stimulate your own vagus nerve. Try it now. Take a deep diaphragmatic breath by imagining you are inflating the lower portion of your lungs near your belly button like a balloon, followed by a gradual exhalation as you pull in your belly button. Aim to inhale through your nose this way for a count of three, then exhale slowly through your mouth for a count of 7. .......You are on your way to enhancing the quality of your life.”
― Kevin J. Tracey, The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes

“here in a place as far from God as one can go and still freeze.”
― Colin Falconer, Isabella: Braveheart of France

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero