Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

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Knowledge was inherent in all things.
The world was a library and its books
Were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks...
We learned to do what only the students
of nature ever learn, that was to feel beauty.

~ Luther Standing Bear

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Happiness is strange;
it comes when you are not seeking it.
When you are not making an effort to be happy,
then unexpectedly,
mysteriously,
happiness is there,
born of purity,
of a loveliness of being...

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

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And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures..
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed...

~ Kahlil Gibrani

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Willing to experience aloneness,
I discover connection everywhere;
Turning to face my fear,
I meet the warrior who lives within;
Opening to my loss,
I am given unimaginable gifts;
Surrendering into emptiness,
I find fullness without end.

Each condition I flee from pursues me.
Each condition I welcome transforms me
And becomes itself transformed…

~ Jennifer Welwood

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She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

- By Lord Byron (George Gordon)

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Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love.

- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2

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When we slow down and become more present,
our hearts open in new and magical ways,
as we begin to tune into and become more aware of the deeper mysteries,
beauties and wonders of life.

- Mary Ann Byrne

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him,
and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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