I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

— Leo Rosten

Thanksgiving

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

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