QUOTE: Ralph Waldo Emerson urged us to find the spark within: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

Michael Josephson is a noted radio commentator and the founder and president of the nonprofit Josephson Institute of Ethics and CHARACTER COUNTS!. Subscribers and regular visitors to this blog will find written and audio versions of radio commentaries, plus quotations, observations, guest articles, videos, images, surveys, and recommendations. Please come and comment often -- and send your friends. Learn more »

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