IDENTIFIED PATTERNS - HHS

"We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way."
Thomas Mann

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." - Mahatma Gandhi

"A man that doesn't stand for something will fall for anything." - Peter Marshall

"Half a truth is often a great lie." - Ben Franklin

"Adversity does not build character…it reveals it." - John Wooden

"Our lives end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"[s]imply because the decision of a parent is not agreeable to a child or because it involves risks does not automatically transfer the power to make that decision from the parents to some agency or officer of the state." - Troxel v. Granville, 530 US 2000 (99-138):