The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others,
is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.
~Gertrude Jekyll, (1843 – 1932)
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Under the eaves
Happy is the house that shelters a friend.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 – 1882)
in defiance of all that is bad around us
The future is an infinite succession of presents,
and to live now as we think human beings should live,
in defiance of all that is bad around us,
is itself a marvelous victory.
~Howard Zinn, (1922 – 2010)
Each moment is a chance
Each moment is a chance
for us to make peace
with the world,
to make peace
possible for the world,
to make happiness
possible for the world.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed
You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways:
if you let it consume you, you come out a cinder;
but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed,
and comes out a star.
~Jean Church
Ask
Everything in the universe is
within you.
Ask all from yourself.
~Rumi, (1207 – 1273)
to be warm yellow light
I really just want
to be warm yellow light
that pours
over everyone I love.
~Conor Oberst
move in peace
Being still does not mean don’t move.
It means move in peace.
~E’yen A. Gardner
Listen
There is a voice
that doesn’t use words.
Listen.
~Rumi
melodious thoughts
Why are there trees I never walk under,
but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?
~Walt Whitman, (1819 – 1892)
