Quotes – The Life of Things

Imagine a country whose citizens—maybe even its leaders—are brave, calm, and open towards each other; a country whose people realize that all human beings belong together as one family and must act accordingly; a country guided by Common Sense. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

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Words are Birds by Francisco X. Alarcon

Words are Birds BY FRANCISCO X. ALARCÓN wordsare birdsthat arrivewith booksand spring theylovecloudsthe windand trees some wordsare messengersthat comefrom far awayfrom distant lands for themthere areno bordersonly starsmoon and sun some wordsare familiarlike canariesothers are exoticlike the quetzal bird some can standthe coldothers migratewith the sunto the south some wordsdiecaged—they’re difficultto translate and othersbuild nestshave chickswarmContinue reading “Words are Birds by Francisco X. Alarcon”

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Dew Drops Right Outside

For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door. RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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Prince Speaks

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries. ~PRINCE

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Words of Amit Ray

The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart. AMIT RAY

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Courage Doesn’t Always Roar…

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, ‘I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

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“There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.” —Mary Anne Radmacher

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“Maybe, maybe not. One thing you learn when you’ve lived as long as I have—people aren’t all good, and people aren’t all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I’m pleased to be in the light.” ~ Unwind, Neal Shusterman

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Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. ~ Albert Camus Photo by Fred Moore | Convict Lake, Mono County, California

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Hope will never be silent. ~ Harvey Milk Photo by Pam Sutton | Phoenix, Arizona

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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities. ~ Maya Angelou Photo by Beverly Zuerlein, Moon and Back Photography | Bull moose at Warm Springs, near Antelope Flats, Wyoming

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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ E.E. Cummings Photo by Pam Sutton | Great blue heron in Scottsdale, Arizona

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Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. ~ Kahlil Gibran Photo by Karen McQuilken

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You’ve discovered a wellspring, simply allow it to flow and it will fill your world. Don’t try to keep a safe distance so as to see what happens. Don’t wait to be certain before you take a step. What you give, you will receive, although it might sometimes come from the place you least expect.Continue reading

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An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. ~ Herman Melville Photo by Darrell Robinson | Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

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Come out into the world about you, be it either wide or limited. Sympathize, not in thought only, but in action, with all about you. Make yourself known and felt for something that would be loved and missed, in twenty thousand little ways, if you were to die; then your life will be a happyContinue reading

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Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. ~ Desiderius Erasmus Photo by Andrew Mills, www.a-mills.com | North of Vesturhorn, Iceland

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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. ~ Orison Swett Marden Photo by Jim Maloney | The Metolius River, a tributary of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon https://flic.kr/p/PCTChS

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Only in the darkness can you see the stars. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Photo by John Behrends | Along the Oregon coast at Shore Acres State Park, Oregon

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Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things. Their language has been lost. But not the gestures. ~ Vera Nazarian Photo by Tom Elliott | Sauk County, Wisconsin

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Wander into the center of the circle of wonder. ~ Hongzhi Zhengjue Photo by Alice Cahill | Sequoia National Park, California

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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. ~ Ella Maillart Photo by Mark Stevens | Mica View Trail, Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona

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While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. ~ William Wordsworth Photo by Tony Varela | Prairie Creek Redwoods Sate Park, California

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I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart. ~ Alice Walker Photo by Cheryl Strahl | Polar bear in the Arctic Ocean near Kaktovik on Barter Island, Alaska

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Love is not consolation. It is light. ~ Simone Weil Photo by Ronnie Goyette | Great egret at Morro Bay, California