Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.

The other big lesson from Katrina is that it pays to be prepared. But it's also very difficult to stay prepared because the longer you go between events the more you'll see complacency.

You can't put a price tag on preparation for a pandemic.

We as a global community are only as strong as our weakest link.

It's critically important that people trust you during a public health crisis.

Shall you live authentically who you are or will you spend your allotted living the life of someone you imagine your self to be?

So often we search out the impossible and then throw ourselves into trying to do it.

I wonder if I am capable of being somebody’s sun, somebody’s everything. Am I centered enough now to be the center of somebody else’s life?

We all have one thing in common: Happy New Year! It's a clean slate.

A garden is not a picture, but a language.

If my baby don't love me no more, I know her sister will.

Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]

The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere.

Again, mercy is literally love in action.

Strong blasphemers thrive only when strong believers thrive.