08/03/11

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. -Will Durant

08/02/11

No one imagines that symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them. -Alan Watts

08/01/11

There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind. -Hannah Senesh

06/28/11

An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. -Bertrand Russell

06/24/11

Where I was born and where and how I lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest. -Georgia O'Keeffe

06/23/11

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. -George Lois

06/22/11

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman

06/17/11

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create, or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. -Ansel Adams

06/16/11

We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel- "Yes, that is the way it is, or at least that is the way I feel it." You’re not as alone as you thought. -John Steinbeck

o6/15/11

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. -Lao Tzu