“Make sure you stand firm on the solid rock.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth.”— Bryant McGill “It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.”– Tahar Ben Jelloun “To be of the Earth is to know the restlessness of being a seed the darkness of being planted the struggle toward the light the pain of growth into the light the joy of bursting and bearing fruit the love of being food for someone the scattering of your seeds the decay of the seasons the mystery of death and the miracle of birth.”— John Soos