Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

She walks on earth with gentle feet,
And speaks with spirited tongue.
The wisdom of her Soul runs deep,
Her song, it must be sung.

A heart that hears the call of old,
Her spirit wild and free.
She listens as the Ancestors cry
Be bold, Light the way for
All to See...

~ Julie Parker

[Genesis]

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
there is rapture in the lonely shore,
there is society where none intrudes,
by the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not Man the less, but Nature more."

- Lord Byron

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."

- Emily Dickinson

[Genesis]

"The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd
- The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible;
nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been;
regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence.
All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.”

- Fernando Pessoa

[Genesis]

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened.
But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter;
for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the stars, you have the right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

- Attributed to Max Ehrmann, 1927

[Genesis]

“Never let the future disturb you.
You will meet it, if you have to,
with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

[Genesis]

"It’s the hard things that break;
soft things don’t break.
It was an epiphany I had today and I just wonder why it took me so very,
very long to see it!
You can waste so many years of your life trying to become something hard in order not to break;
but it’s the soft things that can’t break!
The hard things are the ones that shatter into a million pieces!”

- C. JoyBell C

[Fancy]

“I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.”

― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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[Genesis]

“May the four winds gather and disperse the strength to grant me
with all the same blessings once bestowed upon the goddess of Olympus.”

- Truth Devour, Unrequited

[Genesis]

"Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality.
It is a state of mind.
If your mind is at peace, you are happy.
If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy.
If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power -
but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy."

- Dada Vaswani

[Genesis]

[Genesis]