One by one (bright gifts from Heaven) Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready too to let them go… One by one thy griefs shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band; One will fade as others greet thee; Shadows passing through the land. Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 – 1864)
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273)
We only fail to see the fact that the life we lead is discordant with human nature, because all those horrors among which we quietly live, have come about so gradually that we have not noticed them. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Look within. Let neither the special quality of anything, nor its value, escape you. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere ’tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
On a Drop of Dew See how the orient dew, Shed from the bosom of the morn Into the blowing roses, Yet careless of its mansion new, For the clear region where ’twas born Round in itself incloses: And in its little globe’s extent, Frames as it can its native element. How it the purple flow’r does slight, Scarce touching […]
Modest doubt is call’d the beacon of the wise. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
I prefer those men of genius who awaken in me the sense of truth, and who increase the sum of one’s inner liberty. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
It is not at all necessary to be great, as long as we are in harmony with the order of the universe. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
