"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

3/5/15

Quotes on PLACES



Postcard: December 16, 2020
"I have to find a place to hide
An island in the sea
Surrounded by a racing tide
Where I can live with me."
~Laurie Matthew

 "A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it." –Edward P. Morgan

“A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.” ~Henry Waldorf Francis

"A home is a place of relaxation and comfort, highlighted by a mess here and there." ~Mariquita Tandoc

“A library is a place vibrating with ideas.” ~Mary Kunhardt Lodge 

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." ~Gaspard Mermillod  

"A place, any place, is somewhere we can learn." ~Leah C. Dancel, 12 July 2017

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

"A travel agency brings people to a place they've never been, but a tour guide brings people to a place he has always been. In leadership do not bring your people to a place you've never been, do not let them do things you've never done." ~Kyle Reygel Perales, 14 January 2017

"A walk down an old country road is the perfect place to learn that true inner peace comes not by thinking about what you want, but by thanking God for what you already have." ~Mountain Wisdom

“All artists, whether they know it or not create from a place of inner stillness, a place of no mind.” ~Eckhart Tolle

"All places are distant from heaven alike." ~Robert Burton

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." ~Roald Dahl

"Are you in need of a break from your life to go on a trip to an unknown place without any worries?" ~WOMEN WORKING

"As an optimist I always tried to find my place." ~Masafumi Nagasaki

“Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships.” ~Steve Maraboli 

"But the most beautiful things in life are not just things. They are people and places, memories and pictures. They're feelings and moments and smiles and laughters." ~Mindset Creator

"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody." ~Raquel Geralde Villanueva

"Crowded places, I shunned them as noises too rude. And fled to the silence of sweet solitude." ~John Clare

"Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope." ~Elizabeth Gilbert

“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)

"Each of us is put here in this time and in this place to decide the future of humankind. Did you think you were put here for something less?" ~Chief Arvol Looking Horse

"Even in today's world, beauty and truth can still be found and the first place to start looking is within my own self." ~Thought for Today-UK

“Everybody needs time to reflect and contemplate, and the most inspirational and peaceful place to do so is nature.” ~Akiane Kramarik

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads." ~Erica Jong

"Explore a place where nature and culture collide like nowhere else on earth. A place to feel inspired. To feel alive. And most of all, to feel new again." ~Visit NSW

"Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty." ~Brene Brown

"Filipino Poets in 🌸 Blossoms,  to me, is 
'A place for everyone who loves to thread words and bind them into the Art of Poetry.'" ~Leah C. Dancel, July 7, 2021

"Find the places in life where you can hear the whisper of the wind, the waves and your soul." ~Jon T Hermosisima 

"Forgiveness doesn’t take a piece of your heart away…it carries your heart to a place of peace." ~Robert Clancy

"Getting older . . . What I thought would be the evening of my life is turning out to be the morning of my soul. What an amazing place to be." ~Robin Korth

"Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable." ~Marcus Samuelsson

"Go as many places as you can, whenever you can. You can always make money. You can't always make memories. Take vacations." ~DEMIC

“God puts some in places of leadership to shoulder responsibility, not to enjoy privileges.” ~Anon

"Grief is a place you need only visit once with your heart to know that love is a place that persists forever within your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"Having a place to go — is a home. Having someone to love — is a family. Having both — is a blessing." ~Donna Hedges

"Happiness is a direction, not a place." ~Sydney J. Harris


Shaol Bay NSW
December 16, 2020

"Happiness, not in another place, but this place ...not for another hour, but this hour." ~Walt Whitman 

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

"Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we're not capable of filling ourselves." ~Buck Brannaman

"Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of sin and evil." ~Andrew Murray

"I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. My soul understood." ~Melissa Cox

“I’m pieces of all the places I have been, and the people I have loved … I’ve been stitched together by song lyrics, book quotes, adventures, late night conversations, and the smell of coffee.” ~Brooke Hampton


"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic - the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments synchronicity, the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." ~Charles de Lint

"I've had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude." ~Carole King

"I like to go to places where you can relax a little after you're done working." ~Ming Xi

"I love going to new places just exploring then pick up that later, bring it home with me, it's like learning a new tune." ~Frank Senior

"I thought the only lonely place was on the moon." ~Paul McCartney

"I want to go on a road trip, listen to good music, and discover beautiful places." ~Lessons Learned in Life

"I want to go to the place where my only worry is if the tide is going to reach my chair." ~from wordables

"I was always amazed at how beautiful the light was. At different times of the day the landscape becomes a different place. Dawn and dusk, it's a different place."  ~Bill Henson

"I will not give up the  flowers in my heart  for stones just because the world is a hard place. The world is only hard because it needs more flower hearted people." ~Nikita Gill 

"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live." ~John F. Kennedy

"If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"If you could look into my heart, how quickly you would see the special place you hold there and how much you mean to me." ~Ron Tanmer

"If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” ~Eckhart Tolle

"If you want to understand ancient Greece, come to Sicily." ~Douglas Sladen, 1901

“Imagine a place where there is no suffering. Our children would have no chance to develop their understanding, to learn how to be compassionate.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way." ~Yoda

"In life there are many places to go and many roads to follow, but only the path within your heart leads to love." ~Robert Clancy

"In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful." ~Abram L. Urban

“It’s a thorny road for dreamers and poets who fantasize of majestic places and deep-seated desires of the heart that their hands may never hold.” ~Terry a O'Neal

"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 is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax." ~Moises Arias

"It is such a secret place, the land of tears." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"It’s the places we visit and the imprint it leaves behind that makes our hearts forever sing a different tune." ~from Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts FB (October 2016)

"It remains a great challenge for caretakers, helping our elderly loved ones experience life that, no matter the constraints and limitations, no matter the place they live, is purposeful and enriching." ~Barry Eisenberg, Lessons on living from my 106-year-old Aunt Doris

"It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"Learn how to create better photographs by communicating the feeling of a place." ~Photo Escapades

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same." ~Helen Keller

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." ~Zora Neale Hurston

"Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest." ~Leonardo da Vinci 

“Make a place to sit down.  Sit down. Be quiet.  You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill…” ~Wendell Berry 

"Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide." ~Pat Conroy

"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself." ~Annie Leibovitz

"Never try to heal your heart in the same place where it was broken" ~Anon

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." ~Zen

"Once a year, go someplace you've never been before." ~Dalai Lama

"One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things." ~Henry Miller

"Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation." ~Nelson Mandela speaking at a National Men's March, Pretoria, South Africa, 22 November 1997 ‪LTL

"Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart." ~Anon

"Photography has 'taken me to places I would never have gone.'" ~Marianne Purdie

"Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness." ~Rumi

 “Place and a mind may interpenetrate till the nature of both is altered.” ~Nan Shepherd

"Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that." ~John Green

"Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are." ~Mason Cooley

"READING. That place where you're by yourself but you are never alone." ~Mary Balogh

"Road trips ... they take us to more places than just where our feet can take us... as the eyes see beyond the lands and the mind wanders beyond the fields...." ~Hedda Tady, April 25, 2021

"Silence is a place of great power and healing." ~from Healing Light

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

"Sleep isn't just sleep anymore. It's a place to heal." ~Anon

"So the only place that true chance can occur and where the past can be dissolved is in the Now." ~Eckhart Tolle

"Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay." ~Anon

“Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.” ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

"Some places somewhere make a good hideaway like those where you can catch rabbits." ~Leah C. Dancel, 11 March 2014, that Nostalgic moment reminiscing an outback drive from Mudgee to Orange via Sofala and Hill End sometime in December 1988 at Christmas time.

"Some things will grow for you; some will not. Climate is not something to ignore; nor is the consistency of soil, nor location." ~Gladys Taber

"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

”Sometimes, the most perfect place to be is exactly where you are. Accept it . . . Often, the most precious moment is the one you are currently experiencing. Embrace it . . .
Always, the best person to become is the ultimate version of yourself. Love it . . . “
~Dr Jeff Mullan

"Sometimes the place you are used to is not the place you belong." ~from the film Queen of Katwe

"Sometimes we find the solutions to life's deepest mysteries in the most unlikely places." ~Gregg Braden

"The best hope of the Filipino people was crushed; a light in a dark place was snuffed out.” ~Frank Ernest Gannett

"The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up."  ~Campbell Scott

"The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk." ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." ~Dante Alighieri

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." ~Anon

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

“The mind is the place where the soul goes to hide from the heart.” ~Michael Singer

"The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between." ~Norton Juster

"The most wonderful places to be in the world are: in someone's thoughts, in someone's prayers, and in someone's heart." ~Anon

 “The music that touches you in your youth is magnified as you get older. Each record can be a virtual time machine - all you need is to hear a second or two and you go back to that place and time when you first heard it. It’s a brilliant feeling when music touches you so profoundly and stays with you through time.” ~ Rob Halford

"The only place you can start is right where you are." ~Nancy Rainwater

"The only place you should ever truly be lost is within all the love in your heart." ~Robert Clancy

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“The place of isolation can become the place of revelation.” ~Anon

"The place where passion remains undaunted and emotion is lived rather than observed." ~Anon

"The power of a compelling cause rests in the soul of its Creator, because a cause springs from the soul. It is a spiritual statement from one soul that cannot be the result of many. It comes from a deep place of knowing, some conviction that a richly imagined future could in some way, dramatically and positively, change the world." ~Lance Secretan, author “Inspirational Leadership”

"The present is best place to be given the choices we and other people in our lives made and the sovereignty and love of God." ~Romeo Balingcongan

"The sweetness and delights of the resting-place are in proportion to the pain endured on the Journey. Only when you suffer the pangs and tribulations of exile will you truly enjoy your homecoming." ~Rumi

"The very center of your heart is where life begins – the most beautiful place on earth." ~Rumi

“The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.” ~David R. Brower

"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before." ~Albert Einstein

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” ~Albert Einstein

"The world is a HUGE place with lots to do in it, and many, many people." ~Margo Wilson

"The world is a much better place because of you. You are our home and our light." ~Mariel Mae Dancel

"The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be  the beginning." ~Ivy Baker Priest

"There is a place in each of us… and it is the very heart, the very essence of who we truly are." ~jmab/IMBAM

"There is a place where everything can be discovered and anything is possible." ~jmab/IMBAM

"They (children) are the people of tomorrow, whom we owe for keeping this world a safer and happier place." ~Duoi Ampilan

"To make the world a place of peace, you first have to start by making your heart a peace-filled place." ~Robert Clancy

"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." ~Gustave Flaubert

"True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible… In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives." ~Wendell Berry

"We are in our heads most of the time. We should make it a nice place to stay." ~Anon

"We must believe there are places where tranquility still exists and nature is given back her power to speak." ~Nanette L. Avery

"We see the mind like a house, so if your house is on fire, you need to take care of the fire, not to go look for the person that made the fire. Take care of those emotions first; it’s the priority. Because anything that comes from a place of fear and anxiety and anger will only make the fire worse. Come back and find a place of calm and peace to cool the flame of emotion down." ~Phap Dung, Buddhist Monk

"What is the use of living if not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?" ~Winston Churchill

"When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music." ~Rumi

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

"When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go." ~Alexandra Stoddard

"When you let your mind wander, make sure it's to a beautiful place." ~Doe Zantamata

"‪Wherever one is is a place for prayer anytime." ~‬Romeo Balingcongan

"You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude – being comfortable in our skin." ~Mireille Guiliano

"You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." ~Deepak Chopra

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"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." ~John Barrymore

“All artists, whether they know it or not create from a place of inner stillness, a place of no mind.” ~Eckhart Tolle

"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness." ~Frank Gehrey

"Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming." ~Rumi

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." ~Abraham Lincoln

"Church is the only place I know, where I can arrive late and get the best seats in the house." ~Anon

"Don't let your heart be a road everyone can walk on. Make it a place that can be reached only by those who really deserve it." ~Nametests

"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

"Grief from the loss of a dear loved one is there to show you the depths of your heart—because even in your darkest place, love’s light still shines there." ~Robert Clancy

"Happiness is a direction, not a place." ~Sydney J. Harris

"Help to make the world a better place and life a worthier thing". ~King George VI

"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

"Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go." ~Sarah Dressen

"I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way." ~Carl Sagan

"If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time." ~Smith Wigglesworth

"In soft regions are born soft men." ~Herodotus

"It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish." ~Steve Maraboli

"Japan is the best leader and has a heart for the world! They are indeed the land of the rising sun and the Philippines is forever the pearl of the orient!" ~Aubrey Love Babiera-Rogers

"Living here is a little bit like living in a dream..." ~Elite Jetsetter, proud Canadian.
(Spray Lakes, near Canmore, Travel Alberta)

"Music is a form of prayer, uniting people everywhere. Transcending language, time and race - rhythm building at a pace will transform any place into a holy, sacred space." ~Joanne Fink

"Nonexistence is a place of income; flee it not. This existence of more and less is a place of expenditure." ~Rumi

"Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to dim places around us." ~Aging Gracefully

"Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness." ~Rumi

"Some people wait their entire life for their ship to come, not realising they are standing in an airport." ~The Lovely Thoughts

"Sometimes the simplest acts of kindness that come from a pure place are the ones that last forever in the hearts of others." ~Robert Clancy

"Sometimes we must love from a distance... and that's okay." ~Begin with Yes

“Sometimes, we need to find a quiet spot, and heal a little." ~Anna Pereira

"Sometimes when you're in a dark place, you think you've been buried, but actually you've been planted." ~Anon

"The Bright Window is the eyes that you look through, out onto the world at the times and places that you live." ~Wayne Joseph

"The man who knows how to live has no place for death to enter." ~Tao Te Ching

"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 of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands." ~Pierre Loti

"The most beautiful place on earth-
The very center of your heart
is where life begins."
~Rumi

"The most beautiful thing about dreams is when you see them come true, even if it is some other place and time. It spoils the fun of naysayers." ~Joffre Balce

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” ~William Least Heat-Moon

"The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature."  ~Karl Jaspers

"The sweetness and delights of the resting-place are in proportion to the pain endured on the Journey. Only when you suffer the pangs and tribulations of exile will you truly enjoy your homecoming." ~Rumi

"The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest." ~Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

“The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.” ~Richard Dawkins

"The world will become a peaceful place if we all realize the simple fact that there's no religion better or greater than humanity." ~Anurag Prakash Ray

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

"There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets." ~Thomas More

“There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music” ~Roland R Kemler

“There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone.” ~May Sarton, Ode to solitude, 1938, lifted from Brainpickings via FB

"This planet is my home. I take loving care of it and all the living creatures upon it." ~Louise L. Hay

 "Touch the earth,  love the earth, honour the earth,  her plains,  her valleys,  her hills,  and her seas,: rest your spirit in her solitary places." ~Henry Beston

 "Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light." ~Jennie Jerome Churchill

"True love does not ask you to change, it simply invites you into a safe space where you can stop being who you are not." ~Maryam Hasnaa

"Unforgettable sunset in unbelievable place." ~Karolina Protsenko

"... we are united by a genuine love of travel. Not just a desire to go on holidays but to see the world, to go places we’ve never been before, to connect with communities and cultures and learn, experience, enjoy." ~Ben Groundwater, Sydney Morning Herald, April 19, 2023 on Aussie Travellers 

"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room." ~Ray Charles

"When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you. It is you who belong to this land." ~Native Americans

“Wilderness is not a place of isolation but contemplation.” ~Terry Tempest Williams

"Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the action of velocity. The sails are driven by air in motion - by wind." ~Hermann von Helmholtz

"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!" ~Dr. Seuss

"You embrace solitude as you realize how comforting it can be, by yourself, in your own private space." ~Susan Shumsky

"You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." ~Anon

"You will never find your place in the world by being like everybody else." ~S.C Lourie

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