"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

12/31/15

Michael Fiore Quotes


"Big things always have small beginnings." ~Michael Fiore

"'Love' means very different things to men than it does to women." ~Michael Fiore

"No matter what stage in a relationship you are in, none of us are immune to having feelings of insecurity, neediness, and fear taking over in the relationship." ~Michael Fiore

"Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say." ~Michael Fiore

"One day you'll kiss someone and know those are the lips you want to kiss for the rest of your life." ~Michael Fiore

"Regret is a dark room." ~Michael Fiore

"The best love story is when you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time." ~Michael Fiore

"The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your flaws, mistakes, and weaknesses and still thinks you're
completely amazing." ~Michael Fiore

"The goal is to laugh forever with someone you take seriously." ~Michael Fiore

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Healing Path Recovery - lighten one's burden

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." ~from the Healing Path Recovery

Ronda Rousey - pressure

“I’ve been through so much that there isn’t much left that can scare me. I’ve felt the most pain that I could feel, and I’ve felt the most pressure that I could feel and there’s nothing else left. And I believe that I’m capable of doing anything.” ~Ronda Rousey

Leslie Samuel - education

"They say GET an education. I say CREATE your education. There's a HUGE difference." ~Leslie Samuel

Ranjana Srivastava Quotes


"... accounts of soaring humanity compete with sorry laments. A daughter bans her mother from lunch by text message. A son puts his reluctant father into a nursing home so the family can go to Europe. An adult locates his father and turns his back on his adoptive parents." ~Ranjana Srivastava

"We cured your mother's cancer, but your love fixed her broken heart." ~Ranjana Srivastava

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Archie Bland - person

"...knowing real things about a person, discovering the idiosyncrasies of their weirdness, will probably only make you like them more." ~Archie Bland (Guardian Australia)

Julie Corby - time

"Something that can never be taken for granted in life is, time." ~Julie Corby

12/30/15

Hunter S. Thompson Quotes


"All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name." ~Hunter S. Thompson

“Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.” ~Hunter S. Thompson

“Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.” ~Hunter S. Thompson

“The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.” ~Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." ~Hunter S Thompson

"The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs." ~Hunter S. Thompson

“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.” ~Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

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Cyndi Campbell - Peace and Happiness

"So many times people who are single find peace and happiness... People who are in a relationship often did it for the right reason but some how it changed... The love is still there but the in love has been replaced with routine or neglect ... Humans seek what they need... If you are in a relationship be sure to check on your partner, make them feel desired....That is a two way piece.. Communicate.. Don't have them seek what they once had in you.. People think it's easy to choose but often times ... People loved where they are and did try to reach out only to be turned away... Don't be surprised by the end results... Save what you have in front of you... Or leave... Peace and happiness shouldn't be taken for granted." ~Cyndi Campbell

MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY: from Ralph Waldo Emerson on Companion

“Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

12/29/15

Deborah King Quotes


"A quiet mind is able to hear intuition over fear." ~Deborah King

"Don't be ashamed of your story, it will inspire others." ~Deborah King

"Every flower must grow through dirt." ~Deborah King

"Intuition often appears as a small quiet voice of wisdom in your head." ~Deborah King

"Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder." ~from Deborah King

"Often the people who criticise your life are the same people that don't know the price you paid to get where you are." ~Deborah King

"Quiet your mind, and the soul will speak." ~Deborah

"Some see a weed, some see a wish." ~from Deborah King

"Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us." ~Deborah King

“Stay away from people who make you feel like you are hard to love.” ~Deborah King

"Unless you're living in your truth, you're slowly killing yourself." ~Deborah King

"Take a second and think about how blessed you are." ~Deborah King

"The greater your storm, the brighter your rainbow." ~Deborah King

“When you love and laugh abundantly you live a beautiful life”. ~Deborah King

"You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep others warm." ~Deborah King

“You can care about someone without letting them drain you of your energy." ~Deborah King

"You can't pour from an empty cup, take care of yourself first." ~Deborah King

"You know you’re on the right track when you become uninterested in looking back." ~Deborah King

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Katherine S. White - mind's eye

"... there are for many of us three gardens - the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind's eye." ~Katherine S. White

12/28/15

Dale Chihuly - Glass

“Glass has the ability, more than any other material, to bring joy and a certain happiness to people.” ~Dale Chihuly

12/26/15

MY BEST PICK For TODAY : Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

12/25/15

HAPPY NEWS


Happy News to conclude my 2015: Congratulations to my daughter Lily on her engagement to JPC today!

12/23/15

MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY: Kindness


"Kindness creates a magic that can only be matched by the enchantment you bestow upon the world with your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy

12/22/15

Our Daily Bread - open heart

"There is more power in the open heart than in the clenched fist." ~Our Daily Bread

Dorothy Koomson - feelings

"Feelings aren't like thoughts, they can't be changed at will." ~Dorothy Koomson

12/21/15

Peter McWilliams - power

"The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy." ~Peter McWilliams

Mike Yankoski - simple kindness

"Sometimes it's easy to walk by because we know we can't change someone's whole life in a single afternoon. But what we fail to realise is that simple kindness can go a long way toward encouraging someome who is stuck in a desolate place." ~Mike Yankoski

Emma Magenta - obligation

"You're under no obligation to diminish yourself to make others more comfortable." ~Emma Magenta

12/20/15

A Special Feature: Romance by Surf Reyes

"Romance ... It's not a place...it's not a dream. Nor is it exclusive to the blissful relationship of a man and a woman made one in love. It is the very dance of life itself...in sunrises and sunsets, in the pulsing firefly stars in the night-sky, in the stretching of grass, the fragrance of blooming flowers flirting with the flying flowers, in the reflection of the universe in the dewdrop clinging to a leaf in the morning mist...it is in the awesome poetry of the living oneness of all in love all around us!" ~Surf Reyes

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PRINCE HARRY QUOTES


"I knew there would always be a gaping hole that could never be filled." ~Prince Harry, During a moving speech at the opening of Mamohato Children's Centre in Lesotho, Africa, (Prince Harry described how hard it was to have his mom snatched away so suddenly, and when he was so young, 2015)

“I reflect on generations of conservation champions, including my late grandfather, and feel proud and energized to continue doing my part in this legacy.” ~Prince Harry in honoring his late Grandfather HRH Prince Philip on Earth Day, April 23, 2021

"She will always be remembered for her amazing public work. But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world." ~Prince Harry on his late mother, Princess Diana (1961-1997)

ATTRIBUTES TO PRINCE HARRY

"‪The milk of human kindness, manifest not only in your actions but also in your demeanour, and epitomised in your HUMANE nature..I'm a 66 year old SriLankan widower,who can sift the wheat from the chaff...GOD BLESS THE 3 OF YOU .." ~‬Wasanthakumar Perera on Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex

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MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY: loving-kindness

"We restore the holiness of the world through our loving-kindness and compassion. Everyone participates. It is a collective task. Every act of loving-kindness, no matter how great or small, repairs the world. All those ever born have shared this collective work since the beginning of time." ~Rachel Naomi Remen

Pablo Valle Quotes


"Regardless of sunshine or rain, be thankful for another great day and treat life as the ULTIMATE Gift…because it is!" ~Pablo Valle

"Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself." ~Pablo Valle

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Josh Cox - creation

"Everything is created twice: First a mental creation then a physical creation. Dreams don't just come true; they're created, planned and earned." ~Josh Cox, Twitter

12/18/15

Leah C. Dancel - on TRAVEL

"Traveling makes me gain back my confidence. It gives me more opportunity to appreciate other cultures: people, food and their own natural gifts of beauty surrounding them. It helps broaden my mind how much we can learn from each other. The friendliness and kindness of strangers overwhelmed me most. The discovery that my friends whom I did not see for decades or lost contact with are still around and very much willing to embrace me as I am. Above all, as I dedicate this journey in praise to Him above, I cannot deny how much blessed I am." ~Leah C. Dancel, A Long Road To Fredom, 14 April - 2 May 2013 (Visited Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Dallas, Texas, Lago Vista, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Duncanville, Texas, Loma Linda, California, Reno, Nevada, Sta. Clara, California and many other beautiful places of point of interests).

Lucy Gulle Quotes


"Good health is all I need after all our health is our wealth when no one really cares." ~Lucy Gulle

"I won’t say Money is the worst discovery of human life as it surely can enriched ourselves  as an instrument to help others in dire need.  To some, it is widely used as a yardstick to treat people; and  indeed, a trusted material to test human nature." ~Lucy Gulle

"If we have truckloads of money, our calls to our love ones will never left unanswered and visit and call time will be frequent. Friends and families and enemies alike will gravitate around us." ~Lucy Gulle

"Stumbled and fall, the silence of one’s heart with great humility and forgiveness is all a beaten person can give." ~Lucy Gulle, 15 January 2024


Others

"Discontentment sits in until we ponder and count our very own blessings that we always take for granted." ~Lifted from The Peso Rules.


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12/17/15

Christine Mary - bright light

"The bright light of your soul is your wealth to share with the world." ~Christine Mary, Live a Happy Wise Life

Andy C's Proverbs


"Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.‪" ~Andy C's Proverb‬

"Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich." ~from Andy C's Proverb

"It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.‪" ~Proverb‬

"Thought is the blossom; language is the bud; action is the fruit behind." ~Andy C's Proverbs

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Belva Plain - netted birds

"How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!" ‪~‬Belva Plain

12/16/15

Kerrie Keen Shoesmith - grandchildren

"I just want my grandchildren to be confident and to know that they are loved whether they achieve amazing things or are just kind little people who will never achieve great heights. For them to care about others is so much more important to me than to teach academic brilliance." ~Kerrie Keen Shoesmith, FB

Rebecca Wilson Quotes


"I will raise “children” not “little egos”, and I am going to devote my life to teaching them how to learn, not how to be the centre of attention. From that they’ll surely find a way to enjoy their lives, as they will just keep learning until they find something they love." ~Rebecca Wilson

"My sense of achievement is in building self-empowered little people into bigger people that can enjoy being a normal part of society rather than needing to have them as the star of every show." ~Rebecca Wilson, publisher and founder of Starts at Sixty

"The reality is that while you can have a wonderful life over 60, there are some things that can put the brakes on your plans or lifestyle." ~Starts at 60

From START AT 60

"Growing old can be fun … if you do it with the right people." ~Anon
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Hallmark - power of language

"If you ever doubt the power of language, listen more closely. Witness the magic the first time someone whispers "i love you." Watch a woman put on head phones, close her eyes, and have her life changed by a lyric. See a bad moment flipped upside down by a well timed joke. Words propel us, empower us, make us human and more than human. We constantly struggle to say what we mean and mean what we say. To "wrestle with words and meanings." that's what t.s. eliot calls it. But as we whisper and shout, stutter and spin, we create order out of the chaos around us. We are built of words, and we live by them, too." ~Hallmark

Sobriety By The Grace Of God - my worth

"I can't make people value me. All I can do is show them who I am, what I feel, and what I believe in. It is up to them to realize my worth." ~Sobriety By The Grace Of God

Beyond Affirmations - watch your health

"Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame and worry. Then watch your health and life improve." ~Beyond Affirmations

Carl Rogers - on learning

"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned to learn and change." ~Carl Rogers

Sidney Howard - on decision

"One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it." ~Sidney Howard

12/13/15

Helen Proctor - animal

"It shouldn’t matter whether the animal in question is fluffy, scaly or feathery, or lives in our home. What really matters is whether the animal can feel." ~Helen Proctor, Sentience Manager.

Today's INSPIRATIONAL: Jacqueline Schiff


"Be true to the light that is deep within you. Hold on to your joy for life. Keep good thoughts in your mind and good feelings in your heart. Keep love in your life , and you will find the love and light in everyone.

Be giving , forgiving , patient , and kind. Have faith in yourself. Be your own best friend , and listen to the voice that tells you to be your best self.

Be true to yourself in the paths that you choose. Follow your talents and passions ; don't take the roads others say you must follow because they are the most popular.

Take the paths where your talents will thrive - the ones that will keep your spirits alive with enthusiasm and everlasting joy.

Most of all , never forget that there is no brighter light than the one within you. Keep on being true to yourself. Keep shining your light on others so they will have a reason to smile. Follow your inner light to your own personal greatness , and remember that you are admired and loved just as you are." ~Jacqueline Schiff

Source: Positive Thoughts

"Remember that being alone doesn't always mean being lonely; it can be a beautiful experience of finding your creativity, your heartfelt feelings, and the calm and quiet peace deep inside you." ~Jacqueline Schiff

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Naguib Mahfouz - clever and wise

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." ~Naguib Mahfouz

Nicole Hollander- world without (m)en(d)

"Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women." ~Nicole Hollander

MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY: James Joyce

"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery." ~James Joyce

12/12/15

Christopher Barzak Quotes


"Don't ever put your happiness in someone else's hands. They'll drop it. They'll drop it every time." ~Christopher Barzak

“Sometimes you’ve got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.” ~Christopher Barzak

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Paul Cezanne Quotes


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"A work of art which did not begin with emotion is not an art." ~Paul Cezanne 

"Fruits... love to have their portrait painted. They sit there and apologize for changing color." ~Paul Cezanne 

"Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment." ~Paul Cezanne

"Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand." ~Paul Cezanne

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Augusto Cury - people

"Sensitive people suffer more, but they love more and dream more." ~Augusto Cury

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: decimating population

"Coal consumption will definitely alleviate hunger by gradually decimating the population of the world; the dead feel no hunger so there'll be less mouths to feed." ~Zema Chulio, Guardian Australia

Mark Caine - planning

"Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous." ~Mark Caine

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12/10/15

ShiShi Rea-Dancel - marriage

"No marriage is all sunshine, but two people can share one umbrella and survive the storm together." ~ShiShi Rea-Dancel, FB

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: the work of your hands

"I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not hated and shunned by all mankind? You, my creator, would tear me to pieces, and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pitied me? You would not call it murder if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts, and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands." ~Frankenstein's monster addresses Frankenstein - his creator - on a snow-covered mountainside

Sarah Haynes - commercialising education

"I don’t know how to run a school but it seems to me that today’s schools are being run more and more like businesses, where everything becomes financially motivated, where more value is placed on those who provide good publicity or financial benefits." ~Sarah Haynes, Ravenswood Girls High, 2015 School Captain speech December 3, 2015

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12/9/15

L. C. Barclay - love yourself

"Learn to love yourself first instead of loving the idea of others loving you." ~L.C. Barclay

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Stieg Larsson - Friendship

"Friendship, is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual." ~Stieg Larsson

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: God works through People

"God can provide jobs.and a home. But He works through people. We are His hands and feet and heart here in the world. This woman obeyed God. How often do we hear His voice and ignore it, therefore losing our blessing and causing others to lose theirs." ~Carrol Dye on Homeless Boys and a Good Samaritan

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Muammar Gaddafi - virus versus antidote

"They will create the viruses themselves and sell you the antidotes. Thereafter they will pretend to take time to find the solution when they already have it." ~Muammar Gaddafi

12/8/15

Kim Jones - culture

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"Today’s culture is so externally focused, that often we neglect the health of our inner world. Embark on the oldest human adventure and dive deep into your inner life today..." ~Kim Jones

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Flood Enters Our Home

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From My Favourite Deep Thinker

"Sometimes floodwaters enter our homes, sometimes they enter our lives, soaking, wiping all that we take for granted—our social beliefs, our skillsets, our place in hierarchy of things, our access to resources, our relationships, everything. We are forced to evacuate structures we called home — that which IS and WILL BE— and find ourselves in the relief camps of life. Here we sit stunned by loss, with uncertain days and bewildering tomorrows, at the mercy of strangers and systems beyond our control. Here we sit as refugees from hope, haunted by a yearning for better days.

Here we discover the other side of the world, that which always was. Like the shadow of silence between our words -- emptied of meaning, emptied of intention.

Only some of us get to return home. For others, we have to learn the art of making sea our home." ~Bhavana Nissima

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Quotes on JUSTICE


"A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist." ~Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)

"...... Centuries ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice. Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor and be in readiness for the conflict: for it is better for us to perish in the battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our alter. As the will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be." ~Sir Winston Churchill

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"If an idea is worth fighting for, no matter what the penalty, fight for the right and truth and justice will prevail." ~Joseph Benedict Chiefly

"If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning." ~Immanuel Kant

"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations." ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"In the end we must remember that no amount of rules or their enforcement will defeat those who struggle with justice on their side." ~Nelson Mandela speaking at the 50th anniversary of the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 May 1988 LTL‬

"Justice is truth in action." ~Benjamin Disraeli

"Justice requires confronting injustice. Humanity requires confronting inhumanity." ~Joffre Balce

"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." ~Benjamin Franklin

"Let love and justice flow like a mighty stream. Let peace fill the earth as water fills the sea." ~Torah

"Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past, by building a future based on equality and social justice." ~Nelson Mandela at the signing of the new Constitution, Sharpeville, Vereeniging, South Africa, 10 December 1996, The Living

"Men like Henry George are rare unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form and fervent love of justice. Every line is written as if for our generation. The spreading of these works is a really deserving cause, for our generation especially has many and important things to learn from Henry George." ~Albert Einstein

"No social justice without historical justice. No human rights unless there is association in equality. The struggle of the First Peoples of Australia is the struggle of all oppressed peoples." ~Joffre Balce

"Peace will not come out of a clash of arms, but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Remember, the wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine." ~Ethel Pineda

"The first requisite of civilization is that of justice." ~Sigmund Freud

"There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"There is no justice where there is no mutual and reciprocal care. Injustice arises where mutual and reciprocal care is lost." ~Joffre Balce

"Though the sword of justice is sharp, it will not slay the innocent." ~Chinese Proverb

"True warriors for social justice will never bow to masters responsible -- either by complicity or participation -- for social injustices and inequality in the application of rights in the world, regardless of what realpolitik presents as an excuse." ~Joffre Balce

"We learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what 'just is' isn't always justice." ~Amanda Gorman

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RELATED QUOTES

"Equality and fairness are at the heart of the rule of law." ~Imelda Deinla

"Every unlawful physical injury that is inflicted on an OFW is an injury that I personally bear as the head of this Republic." ~PRRD, February 2018

"I always look at justices as the PARAGONS of legal minds and I'm always in awe whenever I read their decisions. To me, the Supreme Court is an institution of excellence and discipline." ~Rik Perez-Escudero (March 2018)

“Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.” ~Theodore Parker, Ten Sermons of Religion, 1853

"The suffering of one man is the suffering of all. Distances are irrelevant to injustice. If not stopped soon enough, evil eventually reaches out to engulf all men, whether they have opposed it or ignored it." ~Obi-wan Kenobi

"You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed." ~Frederick Douglass

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12/7/15

Robert Cecil - solitude

"Solitude shows us what we should be; Society shows what we are." ~Robert Cecil

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Olivia Lichtenstein Quotes


"Grief, it turns out, is grief, however you cut it and comparing readings for pet grief as opposed to human grief on the griefometer serves little purpose. It’s still the same familiar ache that swells from gullet to gut and fills the entire chest cavity, which only that old cliché time can heal." ~Olivia Lichtenstein from Why dead pets matter - article

"Pets, they say, are good for children as they teach them about life and death and prepare them for the inevitable human event in the future." ~Olivia Lichtenstein

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Ted Hughes Quotes


“That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child is flung out onto the world. That's why the things that are worst to undergo are best to remember. But when that child gets buried away under their adaptive and protective shells—he becomes one of the walking dead, a monster.” ~Ted Hughes

"The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all." ~Ted Hughes from LLF

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MY BEST PICK FOR TODAY: Precious Gift

"Each and every day on earth is a precious gift. Rise each morning knowing this, and your day will feel precious." ~A.D. Williams

Donald Van De Mark - choice

"The good among the great understand that every choice we make adds to the strength or weakness of our spirits—ourselves, or to use an old fashioned word for the same idea, our souls. That is every human’s life work: to construct an identity bit by bit, to walk a path step by step, to live a life that is worthy of something higher, lighter, more fulfilling, and maybe even everlasting." ~Donald Van de Mark from Living Life Fully

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12/6/15

Abe Nuok - on humanity

"They don't want to understand, they fail to see the desperation." ~Abe Nuok, Refugee and Slam Poet

Hitopadesa - greatness

"Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down." ~Hitopadesa

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Lord Bacon - on humility

"The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it." ~Lord Bacon

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Tay Hohoff - cat


"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat.” ~Tay Hohoff

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Krista Willams - forgive

"The most courageous thing you may ever do is forgive those who have hurt you the most." ~Krista Williams

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Matthieu Ricard Quotes


"Happiness is a deep sense of serenity and fulfillment." ~Matthieu Ricard

"Whenever you perceive any feeling, whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral, simply embrace it with your awareness. Feel the breeze passing on your face or the point of contact of your feet with the ground. If the feeling is pleasant, simply be aware of its pleasantness; if it is unpleasant, be aware of its unpleasantness. In the latter case, the sheer awareness of the unpleasantness replaces the reaction of repulsion that usually takes place. If you experience a diffuse feeling of your inner organs, concentrate on that. You may also concentrate on some parts of the body where you may not have any particular sensation at the moment, like your forehead or ears. Become aware of the subtle sense of their presence. Finally, try to investigate the very nature of sensations. Aren’t they just movements of the mind? Isn’t it the same awareness that perceives them all, without being affected by them?" ~Matthieu Ricard
(en français)

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Alex Woodard Quotes


"The only way you can truly hear is to be very quiet. All the answers are there in that stillness, in the quiet." by Alex Woodard - For The Sender

"To allow each moment to unfold on its own will reveal beauty unimagined." ~Alex Woodard

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12/3/15

Sara June Parker - sunset and rainbow

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down." ~Sara June Parker

William B. Sprague - strike it hot

"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." ~William B. Sprague

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche - Dimension of being

"Our agitation, conflicts, and habits can be a doorway to another dimension of being." ~Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Quotes on HEAVEN, HORIZON and SKIES



"At times dawn is shrouded in darkness
then the heavens become clear,
without a veil of cloud."
~from L'Ernilinda (Seren Si Fa)

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"Heaven is not reached at a single bound;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to its summit round by round."
~JG Holland

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“Like a star in a quiet night:
Soon, we shall all shine so bright.”
~Rado Gatchalian

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"A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars." ~Nelson Mandela

"A certain darkness is needed to see the stars." ~Osho

"A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." ~1 Kings 18:44

"A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I."  ~Li Bai

“A man would have no pleasure in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner with whom he might share his joys.” ~Cicero

"A star can only be inspired to shine that much brighter when the night is darkest." ~Robert Clancy

"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky - unbidden - and seems like a thing of wonder." ~Susan Orlean

"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse

"A woman's work never ends, but the joy of living is with heaven's grace divine." ~Leah C. Dancel, 10 February 2022

"‪After darkness light comes without fail at the end of the tunnel; it may be bright or it may be nebulous, regardless of twinkling stars in the heavens." ~‬Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo 

"Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks." ~Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither." ~CS Lewis 

“All birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds." ~APJ Abdul Kalam

"All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.” ~Shannon L. Alder

“All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.” ~Black Elk

"All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land or down among the crystals of waves or high in a balloon in the sky; through all the climates, hot or cold, storms and calms, everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love. So universally true is this, the spot where we chance to always seem the best."-John Muir

“All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.” ~Francis Thompson


“And heaven had wanted one immortal song.” ~John Dryden on Songsy


"Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life." ~Marcel Proust

"And hope is like the stars - unseen in the sunshine of prosperity and only discovered during a night of adversity." ~Charles Spurgeon

"As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven." ~Russel M. Nelson

"At sunrise, the blue sky paints herself with gold colors and joyfully dances to the music of a morning breeze." ~Debasish Mridha

"Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars." ~Henry Van Dyke

"Be someone's sunshine when their skies are grey." ~Anon


"Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape." ~Rumi
(Photo: Kanangra Walls, Blue Mountains 
August 19, 2017)

"Before we practice gratitude, we are in the dark, and there appears to be very
 little to be grateful for. Once we begin, a new light dawns, sometimes a brilliant
 light, a light as bright as Heaven itself." ~Robert Holden

"Being a star is a blessed gift. That means I shed light to the weary who walk at night." ~Sharon Novilla

"Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness."~Henri Frederic Amiel

"Climbing a mountain may bring you closer to heaven’s light; helping others overcome their mountains makes you become heaven’s light." ~Robert Clancy

"Clouds can never hide the sun forever, so don't complain about clouds but never forget to welcome the sun." ~Debasish Mridha

"Clouds come floating into my life no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." ~Tagore

"Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God." ~Honore de Balzac

“Dark clouds become heaven’s flowers when kissed by light.” ~Rabindranath Tagore 

"Death is the last shadow before heaven's dawn." ~Our Daily Bread

“Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” ~William Shakespeare,Romeo and Juliet

“Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.” ~Jon Krakauer (from Chicken Soup for the Soul)

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~Anton Chekhov

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit. There's footprints on the moon." ~Paul Brandt

"Do you see how beautiful the sky looks from here? Wait 'til you see how beautiful the earth looks from there." ~RJ Nieto

"Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny."  ~Liam James

"‪Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits." ~Fulton Sheen

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” ~John Lubbock

"Escape from the black cloud that surrounds you. Then you will see your own light as radiant as the full moon." ~Rumi

"Even a mountain has its own illusion. It thinks it is above all else until it realises that it can never compete with the sky and stars. Man, like a mountain, has so many self-illusion: that we are superior among the rest, we possess the only truth, and we can do everything. Then, we realise that like a mountain there is a limit to what we can reach..." ~‎Rado Gatchalian on #Reflection

"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth 'You owe Me'. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the Whole sky." ~Hafiz

"Even dark clouds surrounds the wondrous sky, still sun will make a way to shine and reveal the wonders of the earth“ ~Kristine Andaya Ventura

"Even if the sky has fallen down upon you, you’ll still have a piece of heaven at your feet." ~Robert Clancy on Hope

"Even the sky looks radiant  in its majestic splendour like the crown of heaven on a glorious day!" ~Leah C. Dancel, May 13, 2021 on #skywatching at Blacktown 

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." ~Harriet Tubman

"Every peaceful sunrise is born to shine upon your beautiful heart.
Every wave in the ocean is meant to flow over your precious soul.
Every star in in the universe shines for your loving spirit."
~Robert Clancy

"Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character." ~Lucy Larcom

"Every sweet-scented rose tells from its heart the secrets of heaven and earth." ~Rumi

"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." ~Mark Twain

"Everyone wants to be the sun to lighten up someone's life - but why not be the moon, to brighten in the darkest hour?" ~Ups, Downs and Roundabouts

“Everything is so big—the sky, the mountains, the wind-swept flatlands—it sinks into you, it shapes your body and your dreams.” ~Christopher Paolini

"Faithful friends are gifts from heaven: Whoever finds one has found a treasure." ~Anon

"Float like clouds in the sky.
They're really attracted to people. 
If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking for a person." 
~Reid Hoffman 

“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” ~Leonard da Vinci

"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars." ~Nicolette Sonder

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.” ~Mark Twain

"God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope."  ~Maya Angelou

"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are there." ~Christy Evans

“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.” ~George Herbert

"He turns not back who is bound to a star." ~Leonardo Da Vinci

"He who rules by virtue is like the Pole Star. It maintains its place, and the multitude of stars pay homage." ~Confucius

 "Head for the moon. If you miss, you will still be among the stars” ~David Gandy from Gary Hayes Photography

"Heaven becomes more perfect as more people enter it… Each new addition strengthens the fabric and joins others more closely.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg, Last Judgment 12

"Heaven grant us patience with a man in love." ~Rudyard Kipling

"Heaven is under our feet as well as above our heads." ~Henry David Thoreau

"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle." ~Charles Dickens

"Heaven never helps the man who will not act." ~Sophocles

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water." ~Christopher Morley

"Home the blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings." ~Lyda M. Child

"I am so happy for the return of the night skies." ~Jason Gendron

"I believe in prayer. It is the best way to draw strength from heaven." ~H. S.

"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings." -Gustave Flaubert

"I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could." ~ Evel Knievel

"I hope I never get tired of the night sky, of thunderstorms, of watching galaxies, of making my cream coffee. I hope I never grow to be someone who can no longer see the small beautiful things." ~Word Porno, FB

"I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds." ~Robert Bridges

"I like the kind of people who get excited over the stars at night." ~Anon (DTP)

"I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars." ~Jacqueline Cochran

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky." ~Anton Chekhov

"I see the beauty of life better under the moon and the stars." ~Ricardo Perez

“I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.’” ~Buzz Aldrin

"I will forever be the person who gets really excited when the sky is in pretty colours." ~Intelligence

"I will hear in heaven." ~Beethoven

"I will spend an eternity loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you every day that I hold you as high as the stars." ~Steve Maraboli

“I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.” ~E. E. Cummings

"If heaven drops a date, open your mouth." ~Chinese Proverbs

"If I accept the sunshine and warmth, I must also accept the thunder and lightning." ~Khalil Gibran

"...if I’m alone in bed, I will go over to window, look up at the sky and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company...." ~Anon

"If man can do something awesome, have we considered how God has put order and beauty in the harmony of Creation and the Universe? With the billions of stars and galaxies the heavenly bodies follow a wonderful order. Praise the Lord of the Universe." ~Bro Joe Rona

"If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.” ~Robert Browning

"If you cry because the sun has got out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." ~Rabindranath Tagore

"If you want to win hearts, sow the seeds of Love. If you want heaven, stop scattering thorns on the road." ~Rumi

“In life, there are as many critical stages as there are stars, most of the time we cannot see them. They are hidden by storm clouds or bright light. However, there are certain crucial junctures in life; even the blind can easily witness with a little soulful reflection. These moments, lived and experienced properly, bring beauty and grace into the life of every human willing to see.” ~RJ Blizzard

"In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being." ~Fenelon

"...in the stillness of the night,
There is no truthful beauty but the stars." ~Rado Gatchalian

"It's always good to grow, kiss the clouds and touch the sky but to know your roots is even better. Time will come where storm hits your pedestal and you got no choice but to surrender and fall, returning back to where you came from." ~Jeffrey D. Cejero 

"It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed."  ~Art Wolfe

"It's like a finger pointing to the moon... Don't concentrate on the finger, because you will miss all the heavenly glory..." ~Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon)

"It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion." ~Southey

"It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest star." ~Richard Evans

"It is written on the arched sky, it looks out from every star.  It is the poetry of nature, it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. " ~John Ruskin 

"Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life’s problems when you count them as joy." ~Elizabeth George

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ~Theodore Roosevelt

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you." ~Khalil Gibran

"Let's fly to the blue sky like a lovely butterfly and remove the pain of all mothers. Asking God to grant a healthy, wealthy, and happy life to all mothers in the world." ~Roya Piragar

"Life is a series of ups and downs. As we pause from a long tiring Journey: Here, we find time to see our surroundings. Sometimes, we feel we are all alone. No one to hold our hands when we are down. But as we pause and ponder: even the trees and stars are reminding us dearly — 'Do not be afraid!'" ~Rado Gatchalian

"Life is like a dream or a fleeting cloud or smoke. Look at the vast and empty sky and land; we are just a speck drifting within." ~Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, "Sunset Ballad".

"Life prepares you to witness a grandest creation of all: You! As you become the best version of who you are — you become a unique star that shines upon the people around you. Be a masterpiece! Be a beauty where everyone can see the greatness in you: whoever and whatever you are. … Celebrate because you are simply You: loving, kind, passionate, vibrant!" ~Raed Braun Raezal, the FILOsopher

"Light is more beautiful when it has to fight to be noticed, light sunlight fighting through the clouds after a rainstorm." ~Anon

"Like a tree you will grow up looking in the heavens but bending your knees to your roots." ~Rado Gatchalian

"Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed." ~Indra Devi

"Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake." ~Rumi

"Look at the sky as often as possible and your thoughts will become light and clear." ~Saint Seraphim of Sarov

"Love all creation, and you will feel heaven on earth." ~Anthony Douglas Williams

"Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest." ~Eleanor Farjeon

"Love is like all the stars in the heavens. The beautiful light it creates reaches every corner of the universe." ~Robert Clancy

"Love is something like the clouds that were in the sky before the sun came out," she replied. Then in simpler words than these, which at that time I could not have understood, she explained: "You cannot touch the clouds, you know; but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You cannot touch love either, but you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything. Without love you would not be happy or want to play." -Helen Keller

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.” ~Nora Roberts

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." ~Socrates

"May you have Heaven in your heart. Starlight in your soul. And Angels all around you." ~Doreen Love

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”  ~Edward Abbey

"Moon dust in your lungs, stars in your eyes, you are a child of the cosmos,  a ruler of the skies." ~Erin Lester

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien,The Lord of the Rings

“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; 
How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” 
~Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi, The Essential Rumi

"Music is God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe, a harmonic connection between all living beings, everywhere, even the stars." ~August Rush, movie

"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"No life can be barren which hears the whisper of the wind in the branches, or the voice of the sea as it breaks upon the shore; and no soul can lack happiness looking up into the midnight stars." ~William Winter

"Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path, a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life." ~Deepak Chopra

“Not just beautiful, though–the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.” ~Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

"Old stars fade away but new stars take their place and shine ever so brightly!" ~Jovybev Aquino

"On earth, money is the power. In heaven, love is the power." ~ A.D. Williams

"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it." ~Jules Renard

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ~Leonardo da Vinci

"Only from the heart can you touch the sky." ~Rumi

"Only in the darkness can you see the stars." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"Our children no longer learn how to read the great Book of Nature from their own direct experience or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water comes from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens." ~Wendell Berry

"Our mind is like a cloudy sky: in essence clear and pure, but overcast by clouds of delusions. Just as the thickest clouds can disperse, so, too, even the heaviest delusions can be removed from our mind." ~Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Our mind or spirit is either a miniature heaven or a miniature hell.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg

"Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy." ~Eskimo Sayings

"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life." ~John Updike

"Skyscapes and hidden places have the magical power to energize your soul." ~George Daniel Anos

"Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly." ~Van Morrison

"Some people are like clouds, when they disappear it's a brighter day." ~Arthur Gabriele

"Sometimes all you need is red dirt and to sit under the stars of the Outback." ~Our Outback, Our Story

"Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds." ~OJIBWE PROVERB

"Sometimes I look at the clouds and get the feeling that someone is staring back at me." ~Mountain Wisdom

“Stay Light! Angels always win every battle against darkness, because their weapon of choice is light.” ~Robert Clancy

"Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age." ~Vera Nazarian

"The best way to experience heaven is to spend time with Mother Nature." ~A.D. Williams

"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."  ~Henry David Thoreau

"The dance between darkness and light will always remain - the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and stars." ~C. Joybell C.

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
The deeper the grief, the closer is God!”
~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise." ~Maya Angelou

“The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.” ~Confucius

"The heavier the cross we carry on earth, the greater in heaven is our glory." ~Emilio Laxamana Aguinaldo

"The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it." ~Augustus Hare

"The iron in your blood, the calcium in your bones, the oxygen that fills your lungs every time you take a breath - all were forged in stars that lived and died before the Earth was born. You are stardust made flesh. You were literally made in heaven.” ~Marcus Chown

"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities." ~Khalil Gibran

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." ~John Milton

"The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth." ~Chinese Proverb

"The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork." ~Walter Lang

"The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty." ~Lyndon B. Johnson

"The moon has dripped gold
onto us
from all of the nights
that we laid awake
under the stars
dreaming with our hearts
and singing with our souls."
~Emily Marie McBride

"The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections." ~Brahma C. Foz

"The moon reflected in the water is not the real moon, but still it has tremendous beauty; and if the waters of your mind are silent, then the moon reflected in those waters is exactly the same." ~Osho

"The moon rose above the canopy and a dreamy mist swirled around our knees as we danced, fingers entwined and hearts in sync with the universe; just a prince and his princess, a boy and a girl, learning to love in a beautiful world.” ~ Aishabella Sheikh, Entwined

"The pilot and the Vice-pilot are responsible for each other's role, and they have the best of the sky, and they are safe in the sky." ~Boeing 767 Kaneko, Japan Air Lines (JAL), FB, May 25, 2017

"The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere."
~Edgar Allan Poe, 1831

"The sky is a canvas, so paint your own life." ~Jada Berglund

"The sky made me still." ~Helen Sarita

"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again." ~Ram Charan

"The sky was clear—remarkably clear—and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse." ~Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

"The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom." ~Nikos Kazantzakis

"The sun of their life has set but their deeds shall shine on forever." ~Anon on Memorial Day 31 May 2016

"The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us." ~Dennis Banks

"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." ~Henry Ellis

"The sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light, While it's here is up to us." ~Alexandra Elle

"The unconditional love of a mother is eternal... an imprint on our hearts. Here’s to those who first held us, to those who have the heart of a mother and to those that whom heaven holds." ~Engelbert Humperdinck 🎼🎤🎹🎻🎼

"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart." ~Anon

"The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies." ~Anon

"The word 'escape' comes forward, a channel leading you to freedom, a sky promising a fabulous future, a fantasy alien landscape to escape into." ~Gary Hayes, Sunrise at Bombo photo, 29 June 2014

"There are more fake guides and teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed." ~Shams Tabrizi

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds." ~Gilbert K. Chesterton

“There are places on earth where we can catch a glimpse of heaven.” ~Anthony Douglas Williams

"There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love." ~Anon

"There wouldn't be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one." ~Frances Clark 

"Think of what would happen if everyone woke this morning thinking of helping others instead of helping themselves - likely peace on earth. This is heaven." ~A.D. Williams

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." ~Rumi

"Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other." ~Sojourner Truth

"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." ~Karen Sunde

"To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour." ~William Blake


“…To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly … to listen to stars and buds, to babes and sages, with open heart; await occasions, hurry never … this is my symphony.” ~ William Henry Channing, Memoir of William Henry Channing,1886

"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." ~Rabindranath Tagore

"Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness."
~Khalil Gibran

"Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud." ~Maya Angelou

"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star." ~Lucy Maud Montgomery

"Unknowingly, we plow the dust of stars, blown about us by the wind, and drink the
universe in a glass of rain." ~Ihab Hassan

"Walked for half an hour in the garden.  A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn.  The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature.  The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief.  A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys.  Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel 

"Walk outside on a clear night and just look up into the sky. Take a moment to realise you are sitting on a plane spinning around in the middle of absolute nowhere. Sometimes, it takes a bit of perspective to remember what's really important. You are alive and you are here. You have the potential to be anything. So let go of what's holding you back and dream, believe, breathe." ~Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul

“We all communicate with heaven through the angels present with us.” ~Emanuel Swedenborg

“We all shine on…like the moon and the stars and the sun…we all shine on…come on and on and on…” ~John Lennon

"We are all under the same sky,  but with different boundaries." ~Aanandi Joshi 

"We are fast losing the sense childhood as a kind of dreamtime, unhurried not organised, so that the security provided by the proximity of a loved adult means that children can spend the time they need meandering in unstructured play - perhaps simply lying in the grass, undisturbed, to stare into the blue that is the sky." ~Anne Manne

"We do not have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"We have been looking for the burning bush, the parting of the sea, the bellowing voice from heaven. Instead we should be looking at the ordinary day-to-day events in our lives for evidence of the miraculous." ~M. Scott Peck

"We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late." ~Marie Beynon Ray

"We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds." ~Ruth St. Denis

"We mount to heaven mostly on the ruins of our cherished schemes, finding our failures were successes." ~A.B. Alcott

"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view." ~Mao Zedong

"What makes night within us may leave stars." ~Victor Hugo

"What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly." ~Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

“What would be the significance of the candlelight, if there were no darkness? What would be the power of the stars over our minds, if there were no night?” ~C. JoyBell C.


“When it rains look for rainbows. When it’s dark look for the stars.” ~Oscar Wilde


"When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded an instant and immeasurable crop" ~ Henry David Thoreau


"When the Earth has fallen to dust and the last star in heaven ceases to shine, love will remain…forever." ~Robert Clancy

"When the power of love replaces the power of greed, heaven will touch earth." ~Anthony D. Williams

"When the sky is totally covered by the dark clouds, be strong enough to see the bright stars beyond them!" ~Mehmet Murat Ildan 

"When the sun takes its final breath just before its last rays drop below the horizon, let all the twinkling stars in heaven remind you that the light of hope will never leave your side."—Robert Clancy

"When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star." ~Stevie Wonder

"Where there's love and understanding there's heaven." ~Gede Prama


"White clouds linger over the secluded rocks;
Green bamboos charm over the clear ripples."
~Xie Ling Yun
(Extracted from a Chinese TV Series: "Remembering Lichuan " by Godfrey Gao and Jiao Junyan 

"Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand?...Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light....There you go . . . That was easy!" ~Vera Nazarian

"Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings, while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?" ~Leo Buscaglia

"Wildflowers can't be controlled, and neither can the girl with a soul boundless as the sky, and a spirit as free and wild as the ocean" ~Melody Lee

"You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes." ~Eckhart Tolle

"You can't touch the stars if you're not willing to reach." ~Susan Gale

"You could set out to write your name in the stars, but you’ll have a much grander time painting the world with your heart." ~Robert Clancy

“Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” ~E.E. Cummings

HORIZON


"A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope." ~Howard Thurman

“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going. And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

"As we look out upon the horizon of our own problems, may we not despair. May we have hope through the certainty of our faith in the One Man—Jesus, our God and Savior." ~Randy Kilgore

"Don't place your mistakes on your head, their weight may crush you. Instead place them under your feet, and use them as a platform to view your horizon." ~Anon

“Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?” ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon;
How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.”
~Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi ~
The Essential Rumi

"Reading something unfamiliar widens our horizon." ~Alex Umali

"Reality is like the horizon...
always there -- far away,
inaccessible,
yet approachable.
And always, always -- changing."
~Carlos S Bueno

"The greatest stress in out society is that we've set happiness upon the horizon instead of in our heart. In doing so, we've turned happiness into a race, a chase, and a finish line that we will one day, hopefully, eventually, finally, arrive at." ~Robert Holden

"The horizon is out there somewhere if you just keep looking for it, chasing it, and working for it." ~Bob Dole

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." ~Alexander Supertramp

“The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.” ~Douglas Coupland, Life After God

“The strange thing about the sunset is that we actually don’t want the sun to set, we want it to stay right on the horizon, not below it, not above it, just right on it.” ~Mehmet Murat Ildan

"We all live under the same sky but we don't all have the same horizons". ~Konrad Adenauer

"We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” ~Dale Carnegie

“Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon?” ~Pablo Neruda

VERSE

"Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly.
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on ..."
~Joffre Balce

"Don't break down by seeing the stormy sky. 
Wait---- after certain time, zephyr will kisses heart. 
The flowers will spread the fragrance of dreamy earth."
~Afrose Saad, BD.

"Friendship with trees: true and pure,
One beautiful day from spring to summer.
Let yourself be free and spread your wings,
Keep calm and she will take you to heaven."
~Rado Gatchalian, short poem

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Robert Rauschenberg - world

"There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting." ~Robert Rauschenberg

Dagobert D. Runes - thinker

"Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker." ~Dagobert D. Runes

Juan Montoya - fantasy

"A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy." ~Juan Montoya

John Assaraf - truth

"The truth is, no matter what your current circumstances, if you can imagine something better for yourself, you can create it." ~John Assaraf

Betsy Brown Braun - moral fiber

"The plain truth is that honesty is critical to the moral fiber of every individual. Experts agree that people who are honest feel better about themselves. They are able to enjoy stronger friendships, are more successful in school and in other pursuits and, in the long run, have deeper, happier marriages. It is from honesty that so many other desirable traits spring forth." ~Betsy Brown Braun

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12/1/15

John Francis - gratitude

"We can have all that we need, but without gratitude we will never have enough and will always want more." ~John Francis Phd

Maddy Malhotra - voice

“The most influential and frequent voice you hear is your inner-voice. It can work in your favor or against you, depending on what you listen to and act upon.” ~Maddy Malhotra