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"A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness." - Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764 |
"The number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes." - Denis Diderot |
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ MLK Jr ~ |
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. ~~ Eleanor Roosevelt
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson |
A year from now you may wish you had started today. ~ Dr. Robert Schuller
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Make love to me in Spanish.
Not with that other tongue. I want you juntito a mí, tender like the language crooned to babies. I want to be that lullabied, mi bien querido, that loved. I want you inside the mouth of my heart, inside the harp of my wrists, the sweet meat of the mango, in the gold that dangles from my ears and neck. Say my name. Say it. The way it's supposed to be said. I want to know that I knew you even before I knew you. --Sandra Cisneros |
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. - English Proverb
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"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness." ~Rumi
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More Rumi
"If you can’t smell the fragrance
Don’t come into the garden of Love. If you’re unwilling to undress Don’t enter into the stream of Truth. Stay where you are. Don’t come our way".~Rumi |
From the mouth of babes....
My daughter is sick as a dog right now and I asked her if her body ached and if she needed some Tylenol for the aches and pains and her response was, "I feel so sick right now, my body aches so bad, that even my immune system hurts" LOL. (I think its one of those, "Ya had to be there" lines, but it cracked me up when she said it.) I think Im gonna use that quote from now on when Im sick.
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How profound
"Life is given to us,
we earn it by giving it" ~Tagore |
"Sensuality often accelerates the growth of love so much that its roots remain weak and are easily pulled up."
Friedrich Nietzsche |
Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
~Oprah Winfrey |
Never fear growing old; there are many who never had the privilege.
~Anon |
"The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it." ~ Mack R. Douglas
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"Minds are like parachutes--they only function when open." -Thomas Dewar |
"Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out . . . People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts." - Eleanor H. Porter |
"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it? ~ Jeanette Winterson
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"Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep."
-Agnes Meyer When trees have deep roots they don't fall over as easily. It works the same with people. Our roots help to support us, and to keep us strong when the wind blows hard. Our roots can nourish us. It's up to us to grow these roots for ourselves - with our friends, our family, our community and our memories. -Lissa Coffey Thanks for being part of my memories (good, bad and otherwise) to everyone here on the Planet. And, yes, I mean all y'all. :shocking: |
Wake up every morning as if it were on purpose.
Hitch |
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
Anything you say will be held against you. ... "tits" once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of 'hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404 :computer2: |
When you're a beautiful person on the inside, there is nothing in the world that can change that about you.
~one of my drinkin' buddies on Facebook....lol :shocking: |
I couldn't earn the right to speak about the universe showering us with blessings until I made peace with the dark goddess and became better allies with my own shadow.~~ Rob Brezsny
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For Blaze....who is going to Haiti to help the survivors...
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
~Will Rogers |
Out of the mouth of babes LOL
"Ive had people that make me physically wet, no problem. What I would REALLY like to find is that person who makes me emotionally wet."
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If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
~Corrie TenBoom |
Mother Teresa - I love her so
"We are all pencils in the hand of God."
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~ Mark Twain
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'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life” - Ella Wheeler |
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” - Rabindranath Tagore |
"Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head.” - Mark Twain |
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
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Besides the fact that birds are colorful, easy to see in the sky, they are an important indicator of how healthy our environment is.
- Milan Bull, CT Audubon Society, 2007 Birds have a way of putting things in perspective. They forge ahead and carry on no matter what happens. No dwelling on the past, no regrets, sheer 100% survival..and beauty. - Susan Halpin, 2008 Birds are the most vivid expression of life - epitaph Roger Tory Peterson chose for his tombstone. |
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up. ~ Deepak Chopra
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People who project negativity typically have low self-esteem. They feel badly about themselves, and their negativity is simply a reflection of those feelings. ~ HENDRIE WEISINGER ~ |
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
~Jean Nidetch |
Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.
~Fyodor Dostoevsky |
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
~Flora Whittemore |
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine |
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