... for finding and posting THE quote most here do adhere to indeed:

"Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees."

- Revelation 7:3

Now here's one MANY on Care2 will adher to... 

'Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions,they pass no criticisms.'
-George Eliot {1819-1880}

 

Love is all you need, love...love is all you need.

The Beatles

  Thank you Sarvo - much beloved Care2Guru 

Now's as good a time then to introduce a gem penned by another guru - one I shall dub the "Gaia Guru" because I have made her acquaintance on the site formerly known as Zaadz.com and now simply renowned as... Gaia.com
Many Care2 regulars are to be found there as well...

"when the sum of us is greater than apart..."
- Kare Anderson

  Truly wonderful and so true - a true quotable!

If you're like me, you wonder about certain quotes - how they came to be, what their multiple interpretations might be, WHO authored them...

There are those who are NOT left anonymous - but probably should have been, such as this one:
 


What Gives Me Hope My inner soul being of myself.

    Uh... o-kaaay... I suppose we won't have to call the soul police anytime soon then...  Everything is where it belongs!



But then we have true gems that leave us thinking both "WOW" as well as "what a shame... what a TRAGEDY... that we do not KNOW who authored THAT..."

Quotes such as this one: 

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
- Anonymous

Whoever it was...
Thanks for penning that one!

Seems like I am forbidden from dispensing an extra green star - as per usual around here... 

Here are a few then   

in complete euphoria, it seems  

Anyhow...    

Aye, you are most correct in all that you say

And let us strive to be humble indeed

I also suggest everyone applies my sense of humor to most everything  - it is always fun, even when we speak of the saddest subjects...!

It works for me, anyway!    

Now let us get on back to the spirituality with the following quote:

"To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower - Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour."
William Blake      

I expect the unexpected online - all the time 

On care2 in general too - absolutely 

But less so here - on Lux Aeterna - because I am in control around here 

Especially in the absence of my luminous co-hosts...! 

But I digress...    

Thanks for sharing that wonderful Shakespearian excerpt - the Bard is still the man, aye...! 

Now for something Biblical... first, something that the animal activists among us will much appreciate...

Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verses 17-21 - "I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts, for that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: even one thing befalleth them. As one dieth, so dieth the other: yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast; for all is vanity."

My favorite passage from that book is the following though:

Ecclesiastes 7:2 ~ It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.

That may seem a tad disheartening - but if one knows that this life is not all there is, one will realize all the scope of the Greater Picture...

"Jesus did command us to love one another...

To love our enemy

and pray for him...

WHAT ARE WE DOING...?"

- L.P.

"Aqui acabam as palavras, aqui acaba o mundo que conheço; aqui neste tremendo isolamento onde a vida artificial está reduzida ao mínimo, só as coisas eternas perduram. O Corvo nao tem peso no mundo ;  mas nunca senti como aqui a realidade e o peso do Tempo."

"Here end the words, here ends the world that I know; here in this sad isolation where illusionary life is reduced to the bare minimum, only the everlasting things continue to endure. The raven has no weight in this world; but it never felt, as it does in the here and now, the reality and the weight of Time itself."

''Um santo é alguém que, apesar dos limites e defeitos, vive plenamente a vida de Deus. Com humildade a vive, não precisa de o mostrar aos outros."          

"A saint is someone who, despite his limitations and flaws, lives fully and completely a Godly life, with humility; for he does not need to show it to others."          

- PADRE CRUZ (1859-1948),  translated by Luciano Pimentel (1969-20__)

"If you believe it will work out, you’ll see  opportunities.
If you believe it won't, you’ll see obstacles."

Dr. Wayne Dyer

That's one of my very favorite quotes!

Love & Peace,

MZ

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.
- -- John Ruskin

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

- Kahlil Gibran

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.  

—Victor Hugo    

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.  - Mother Teresa

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
- -- La Bruyere

Ahh - to produce only such material!    

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt 

Einstein knew best!    Not Hogan! 

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.   - Albert Einstein

Indeed, the old joke (was it a joke at all though) about it being impossible to tabulate how many angels can stand on the pin of a needle made that crystal clear to ME! 

God is in control of all things and we are always in the right place at the right time, if we believe he is in charge of our lives. Do what his spirit leads you to do at the time u feel the leading and you will always be doing what your supposed to be doing.

Warning !!! Sometimes others will think you've lost your marbles. Remember Noah?

"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."  - Ansel Adams

The good news is - we have greater numbers on our side! 

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.  - James Madison

Let your wings spring forth then, ladies and gentlemen of the secular world - and utopia is ours!!!        

How to keep up with the level of excellence of the last few entries here? 

With excerpts from The Good Book, I guess - what else? 

Revelation 3:12 - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 22:12 - And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Acts 3:20-21 - And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

And, speaking of prophets, here's one who is not remembered as such...

"The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."
 -LEONARDO DA VINCI

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."

The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.

In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.

But the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'

They then went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.

The holy man said, "I don’t understand."

"It is simple" said the Lord, "In this place the people have learned to feed one another."

It does not take real courage to climb a              mountain if you can't help doing it, but it takes  a lot of courage to think a thought you are         afraid of.                                                             

Annette B.

"The sun, the deity of light and warmth, on whose influence all organic life insensibly and directly depends, was taken to be such a phenomenon [of naturalistic monotheism] many thousands of years ago. Sun-worship seems to the modern scientist to be the best of all forms of theism, and the one which may be most easily reconciled with modern Monism. For modern astrophysics and geogeny have taught us that the earth is a fragment detached from the sun, and that it will eventually return to the bosom of its parent. Modern physiology teaches us that the first source of organic life on the earth is the formation of protoplasm, and that this synthesis of simple inorganic substances, water, carbonic acid, and ammonia only takes place under the influence of sunlight….indeed the whole of our bodily and mental life depends, in the last resort, like all other organic life, on the light and heat rays of the sun. Hence in the light of pure reason, sun-worship as a form of naturalistic monotheism, seems to have a much better foundation than the anthropistic worship of Christians and other monotheists who conceive of their god in human form. As a matter of fact the sun-worshippers attained, thousands of years ago, a higher intellectual and moral standard than most of the other theists. When I was in Bombay in 1881, I watched with the greatest sympathy the elevating rites of the pious Parsees, who, standing on the sea-shore, or kneeling on their prayer rugs offered their devotion to the sun at its rise and setting."  -- Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)

Hippies History  http://www.matala-crete.com/matala_crete_info/crete_country_info/16.html

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.  

- Albert Einstein

Ah, that would be the latter then 

John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

"Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself."

Mae West, I believe

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.  

- Gilbert Chesterton  (1874-1936)

  Splendid - worthy of forwarding to everyone we know and even spamming those we don't know with it! 

When you read the message below, very careful, you will see that there is a lot of true in it. The moment of a prayer is the one we transcend our life in Earth to join the angels to thank GOD for the miracle of each day of life... From me to you specially.

Blessings to all

That was a great song, Jennie - sis! 

I always find myself staring at lyrics when evaluating a song! 

Not that the melody doesn't count, but...! 

Here are some more very interesting lyrics: 

My Lips Will Praise You  by Twila Paris
VERSE:
A2            D2     D    F#m7        A E
 My lips will praise You, for You are holy;
A2             D2 D                  Esus  E
 My voice will ever rise before Your throne.
A2             D2   D    F#m7        A   E
 My heart will love You, for You are lovely,
A2             D              A    E    A   (F#m on second end)
  And You have called me to become Your own.

CHORUS:
          D2              E           F#m
I am Your own, and I will worship You alone.
          D2             E
I am Your own. I am your child.
          D2              E               F#m
I am Your own, and I will worship at Your throne.
          D2              A    E7
I am Your own, and I will love You.

( key change to B )

VERSE:
B2            E2     E    G#m7        B F#
 My lips will praise You, for You are holy;
B2             E2 E                  F#sus  F#
 My voice will ever rise before Your throne.
B2             E2   E    G#m7        B   F#
 My heart will love You, for You are lovely,
B2             E              B    F#    B   G#m
  And You have called me to become Your own.
B2             E              B    F#    B
  And You have called me to become Your own.
©1998 Ariose Music Mountain Spring Music
Words and Music by Twila Paris
 

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Blaise Pascal  

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.  

- Laurie Anderson  

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."  

-- Elvis Presley

The king has spoken!

From anchormen to politicians - such a small step to take...!

"We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself."
- Jimmy Carter

Good ol' Jimmy!

He's got my vote (...) to be the new team leader of the X-Presidents 

Sounds mighty inspired to me! 

I was thinking of Brokaw's network opposite, Peter Jennings, whose death was celebrated (so to speak - you know what I mean) recently - the first anniversary of which (on August 7th).

A Jennings quote that might be inspirational is this:

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.
- Peter Jennings

  Canadians... eh

Then again, some things require not to be objective at all -  some things are just wrong and others are just right!  It is, not often but it is sometimes THAT obvious.  Objectivity goes well with grey areas...

May not be "inspirational", but worth sharing:

It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our souls.
There is no delete button for racism, poverty or sectarian violence. No
keystroke can ever clean the air, save a river, preserve a forest. This
transformational new technology must be an extension of our hearts as
well as of our minds. The old rules still apply. Love your mother –
Mother Earth.

Tom Brokaw

      "PRAISED BE the light and man's

first rock-carved prayer" --Odysseus Elytis

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth. 

- Adolf Loos

This is, of course, the *good* Adolf!

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.  - Peter Ustinov

And this comes from the actor who played Nero in Quo Vadis!

  Wow!

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

-Lao-Tzu

It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.  - Real Live Preacher

He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.  - Edmund Burke

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.   - Woodrow Wilson

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Christians, I know first hand, are told to be slow to anger...

However, we can feel free to be outraged, sometimes, for...

"Anger is a prelude to courage."
- Eric Hoffer   

"The Nature of Life is that It appears and disappears (...)" 

- The Word of God

  Make it little fairies and I might be leaning towards that theory - since, in my view, fairies are but very tiny angels! 

Nothing is as inspirational as The Word though 

Whoever says The Word - implies The Voice! 

Follow me on this...! 

Hence, I suggest this other source of inspiration for countless souls:  music!

The Voice - by Ultravox!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTJAdMtst8I

I guess this board really does have a mind of its own since I did not chose the fonts or the order in which things have fixed themselves. Hmmm....little elves?

I really like Einstein and Jung.

Quotes by Einstein:

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

Anyone but Sagan!    But that's just me... 

Another one from the prolific pen of one "Anonymus" - so much for the fans of one Epictitus - "Anonymus" is number one with over... oh, too many to count them, really!

Work like you don't need the money
Love like you've never been hurt
Dance like nobody's watching
Sing like nobody's listening
Live like it's Heaven on Earth

Miss Lamarr is worthy of being quoted indeed! 

All that - and sardonic too, she was! 

I might risk my immunity at this time and risk impeachment or something... with the next quote!

"When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine."

As far as I know, this one's by ANONYMOUS!

Okay, I know I am going to get it for this, but this came from a movie.  Those who know me well, know which one...

'It does not do to dwell on dreams...and forget to live.'

and to redeem myself:

'No-one can make you feel inferior without your permission'  Elenor Roosevelt.   (just for fun, this quote was ALSO used in a movie)

and to make you laugh:

Any girl can look glamourous, all she has to do is stand still and look stupid.'  Heddy Lamarr.

THE TIME IS ALWAY RIGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING Martin Luther King

Why stop there? Why not join all the cryptic societies? Let's see, there's the rosy crosses, the crossed knights (don't get them riled please), the stone cutters, the priorities,......  almost sounds like good band names.

Then, with such good code cracking intelligence skills, you might be of value to someone lurking in the shadows that you can feel but can't quite see.....

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

-The Beatles

  Connections between Christian Science and Freemasonry?

And Guy Ritchie (Mr. Mad-Onna himself) is set to uncover the ties between kabbalah and freemasonry (in a documentary film - lest it is a mockumentary?!?)

I should join the stone-cutters myself - whaddayasay? 

And now, for a truly inspiring statement...

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. 

- Ernest L. Woodward

  Though foolish to some it may seem, it appears as but a display of good old-fashioned common sense for many others out here...! 

Thought that an entire article would be even better than a deep and profound quote...

Originally found -in its entirety- here:  http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0707/p18s01-hfcs.html

from the July 07, 2006 edition

All eyes on a spiritual goal

A Christian Science perspective on daily life

Recently I saw a remarkable documentary about the tense, drawn-out 1994 World Cup final in which Brazil beat Italy.

Instead of focusing on the game, the cameras zoomed in on the faces (and body language) of the spectators. They not only captured shots of joyful Brazilians (when they finally won) and agonized Italians (when they finally lost) but also "neutral" fans in African countries, Arab lands, and Asian nations, as well as Europeans, North and South Americans, and others from around the globe - all watching with the same intense emotional investment in the game's many twists and turns.

Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring. 

- John Eliot, Ph.D.

wow - i blame doctors for what happened to my dear father and here i am, three months later, QUOTING ONE HERE...

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.  - Donald H. Rumsfeld

As good as his famous bit about "known knowns... known unknowns... and unknown unknowns"  

My... I hadn't posted here since March 18th... March 19th, my whole life took a dramatic turn.  How... telling these dates are.

Here is an inspirational quote...

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.   - Anonymous

(and luminous!)

but I think this one says it all...

"Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence."

Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.

Henrik Tikkanen

  Hmm... how inspirational is that!

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

E. B. White

  Still doesn't make for a good enough batting average I think...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Sidney J. Harris

  How true... so let's get going! 

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

G. K. Chesterton

*bomb*  Don't you hate when that happens... hmm?

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Sir Winston Churchill

... about half the time, yes...

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

Sir Francis Bacon

  Yup!  Most of our quarries are not worth the effort anyway...!

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi

  No kidding!

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900)

As always, with good ol' Nietz, it is a half-and-half feeling there... the first half is quite inspirational and inspired enough for even me to find myself quoting... him!

The second half of his quotable there is... a bit warped for my taste!  Anyhow - I still quoted it here - it is up to you to be the judge!

And now... from Nietz to... Luce!

In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed.    - Clare Booth Luce

You may have thought that I meant ME... Luce, Luciano?  No - I will be narcissistic and post a quotable I penned myself some other time!

Motivational Quotes of the Day for March 17, 2006

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are. Noah Porter

Each painting has its own way of evolving...When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself. William Baziotes

You're confusing product with process. Most people, when they criticize, whether they like it or hate it, they're talking about product. That's not art, that's the result of art. Art, to whatever degree we can get a handle on (I'm not sure that we really can) is a process. It begins in the heart and the mind with the eyes and hands. Jeff Melvoin

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Albert Einstein   
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Philip James Bailey
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I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time. Louise Nevelson

Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine. Henry S. Haskins

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. Miguel de Cervantes

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William Shakespeare
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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Hosea Ballou
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi
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Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Lao Tzu
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I really bow, kneel, crawl on the floor before another though...! 

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (NKJV)." Phillipians 2:9

Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. Albert Camus

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. Harold Bloom

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself. Oprah Winfrey~

really... I'd never thought that one day I'd be quoting Oprah! But I recognize wisdom wherever it may be! Besides, many here admire her a whole lot - and one among you has even met her!  I bow before Harpo Power!

We are members of a vast cosmic orchestra,
in which each living instrument is essential to the complementary and harmonious playing of the whole.
~J. Allen Boone

  We must schedule that Big Day Off on a sunshiny day, Sarvo! 

Motivational Quotes of the Day for March 6, 2006

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach. Demosthenes

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved. Confucius  I doubt Confucius was pulling a Nostradamus stunt there and talking about Dubya...

Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
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In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.
Alice Walker
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Mark Twain
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I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
~Beryl Pfizer

Ironic...   I was just talking about mnemonics a mere few hours ago... Let's see now the barbiturates that Pfizer Inc. ( www.pfizer.com ) mass-produces help out with memory loss - ha!

It's still Beryl's old-fashioned method for me!

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
~W. C. Fields

Manna was not appreciated by all it would appear... 

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
~Sir Winston Churchill

That only happens to wordsmiths with a so-so agenda - if they championed the Truth, nothing like that could ever happen to them! 

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. - Marie Curie

Which is why I take very little to science - I take to the Truth though! 

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt. - Mary Pettibone Poole

Greed, of anything, is not a good thing 

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. - Abraham Lincoln

Pride isn't better either 

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.  - George Santayana

Finally a George who makes some sense! 

No man is an Island, intire of itselfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine...  - John Donne

Aw - you gotta love Old English! 

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. Dorothy Parker

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. Voltaire

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. Sir Thomas Beecham

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank

Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it. William Penn

Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity. Lois McMaster Bujold

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
William Hazlitt
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
H. L. Mencken
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Ambrose Bierce
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Art is born of humiliation.
W. H. Auden
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What The Bleep Do We Know is a grrrrreat film - there are going to free screenings of it in Toronto and Vancouver soon, I saw that announced somewhere... if you live in those areas, look into it and see the film! 

Now, for St Valentine's Day...

Love Quote of the Day
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Benjamin Franklin

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of quantum and "What the Bleep" with that Alice in Wonderland analogy.

But yes, you are right, spring is my favorite time of year and I always look forward to it with relish.

Happy Valentine's Day to all.

  Rabbit hole you say, Carol?

Don't you mean... a groundhog hole? 

Don't know about thee - but me, I can't wait for spring to arrive! 

Now,

After inspiring quotes rich with imagery, and prayer rich with wisdom...

what else is just as inspirational... if not moreso? 

The Scriptures! 

Hebrews 12:1-2

New International Version
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

King James Version
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Where are we goin' Luc?

Is this after we climb out of the rabbit hole?

In keeping with the staircase allegory...

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - We must step up the stairs. - Vance Havner

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Francis Bacon
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Art Quote of the Day
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
Walt Whitman
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Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Love Quote of the Day
Though lovers be lost love shall not.
Dylan Thomas
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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
William Penn

Indeed... so very true... and I find it so close to synchronicity that this quote by Mr. William Penn gets the nod as "quote of the day" within 24 hours of the announcement that time ran out for actor Chris Penn - dead at 40.

We have to improve on our use of time... this wasting of one of our most precious resources has simply got to stop. Because... we never know when our time is up.

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1913)

Hey - God Willing... ALL things are possible! 

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
Thomas H. Huxley
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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

... is not through a wise saying or an auld adage... but through prayer!

~The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi~
 
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred let me sow love
where there is injury, pardon
where there is anger, peace
where there is doubt, faith
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O Divine Master,
grant I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console
to be understood as to understand
to be loved as to love

Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small. - Irene Kassorla

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. - -- Henri B. Stendhal

 
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. - -- Smiley Blanton

Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.
- -- Stewart L. Udall

Another way to say that money is nothing much at all in the Grand Scheme of Things...

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
Bernard Meltzer

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. - -- Henry Drummond

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.
Harry Millner

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. - -- John Ruskin

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."  - -- Robert Schumann

"To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower - Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour."   - -- William Blake   

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          "To shed light where there is none" 

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Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- -- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) British writer.

Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given.
- -- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian dramatist and writer

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.  - -- Hannah Arendt

We are what we believe we are. ~~~ C. S. Lewis

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ~~~ Kahlil Gibran

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. ~~~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

To love another person is to see the face of God. ~~~ Victor Hugo

The greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fall.
- Confucius
   

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. - Phillips Brooks

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”-Jack Kerouac

"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”-Jack Kerouac

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”-Jack Kerouac

  “What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? -it's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.”-Jack Kerouac

“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk- real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.”-Jack Kerouac

      “Maybe that's what life is...a wink of the eye and winking stars.”-Jack Kerouac

““…-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully her soul showing out radiant as an angel wandering in hell and the hell the selfsame streets I’d roamed in watching, watching for someone just like her and never dreaming the darkness and the mystery and eventuality of our meeting in eternity,””-Jack Kerouac

      “Write in recollection and amazement for yourself”-Jack Kerouac

      “No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.”-Jack Kerouac

“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.”-Jack Kerouac

Source:  http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/jack_kerouac/

To be loved, be lovable.
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"I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle." -- Aleister Crowley
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From The Art of Peace, by Morihei Ueshiba
"Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life. Breathe in and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe; breathe out and bring the cosmos back inside. Next, breathe up all fecundity and vibrancy of the earth. Finally, blend the breath of heaven and the breath of earth with your own, becoming the Breath of Life itself."

"Each and every master, regardless of the era or place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love."
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"Wisdom is knowing how little we know." -- Socrates

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel." -- Socrates

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean." -- Socrates

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." -- Aristotle

Those are most inspiring indeed - thank you! You are hereby appointed the Pagan Expert of Lux Aeterna! 

"The force that guides the stars guides you too"  ~ sri sri anandamurtii

Let's dance in the sun

Wearing wild flowers in our hair.

Let us huddle together

As darkness takes over.

We are at home amist the birds and trees;

For we are the children of nature.

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Treat the other mans faith gently,

it is all he has to believe with.

His mind was created

for his thoughts,

not yours or mine.

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You are a child of the Universe,

no less than the Moon and stars.

You have a right to be here,

and whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding,

as it should.

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One meets his destiny often on the road he takes to avoid it.

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"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will."

And some kindness inspirational quotes:

*My favorites:

Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
       - C.N. Bovee

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
       - The Dalai Lama

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
       - Leo Buscaglia

Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love...Kindness is good will. Kindness says, "I want you to be happy.
       - Randolph Ray

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
       - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
       - Emmanuel Swedenborg

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
       - Seneca

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
       - Theodore Isaac Rubin

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
       - George Washington Carver

Source: http://www.heartsandminds.org/quotes/kindness.htm

I meant the "Industrious Self" without all the pollution! *LOL*

Now how about some inspiring environmental quotes...?

Take care of the earth and she will take care of you.
       - unknown

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
       - Aldo Leopold

To waste and destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them.
       - Theodore Roosevelt

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
       - Margaret Mead

What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on?
       - Henry David Thoreau

The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be made with the objective of preserving it for all generations to come.
       - August A. Bush III

We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.
       - unknown

If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come from the grass roots up, not from the top down.
       - Paul Hawken

Source: http://www.heartsandminds.org/quotes/environment.htm

  "... industrious self..."?

I guess the first part of it sure does sound like it - yes 

Now for a truly spiritual one though...

Proverbs 13:20  "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed"  

Doesn't get any more spiritual than that!    Right?    

That's truly the way of the industrious self!  Thank you, my dear friend!

Sarassi

  You can have anything you want -- if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. - Abraham Lincoln 

The future depends on what we do in the present.
Mahatma Gandhi

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau

To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
"Leave no stone unturned."
Edward Bulwer Lytton

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes

First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus