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-Hermann Hesse
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“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
-Gary Snyder
Peace
“We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”
—Anton Chekhov
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
—Baruch Spinoza
“Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.”
—Carlos Santana
“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”
—Jawaharlal Nehru
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
—Malcolm X
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
—Moshe Dayan
“Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
—Thomas Kempis
Meditations on Summer – A Gallery of Photos
(*You can click onto any individual image to see a full size version, and then click the right hand arrow to see all images in full size.)
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.”
-Wallace Stevens
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“Then followed that beautiful season… Summer….
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Listening to a Deeper Way
“Walking,
I am listening
to a deeper way.
Suddenly
all my ancestors
are behind me.
Be still, they say,
Watch and listen.
You are the result of the love of thousands.”
-Linda Hogan
“The woods are lovely,
dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.”
-Robert Frost
Werifesteria – Old English – Verb
-to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery
Walking on Clouds
“When there’s snow on the ground
I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds.”
-Takayuki Ikkaku
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or
usher in storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Kindness is Like Snow
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
—John Muir.
“Kindness is like snow –
It beautifies everything it covers.”
-Kahlil Gibran
Solace
There is solace to be found, always.
May you find your solace even amidst chaos and uncertainty, at the abiding center of yourself, deep inside.
My solace is found in silence, writing, books, animals, simplicity, music, friendship, laughter and nature, yes, these are my places. Those sweet things that resonate to the core of being.
Yes, there is solace to be found.
“..i spill into
the kind of silence
only Khalil Gibran would understand.”-Sanober Khan
“Writing is the supreme solace.”
-W. Somerset Maugham
“Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by felling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.”
-Wayne Dyer
“Books can be a source of solace…”
-Michael Dirda
“I find solace in animals. I have a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I w as waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a “macho” dog but got this sweet little thing instead.”
-Randeep Hooda
“Music has always been a great solace for me. It’s still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.”
-Allison Anders
“Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?”
-Alice Walker
“Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.
-Lorraine Anderson
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
-Anne Frank
“Laughter heals, gives solace, and is life enhancing.”
-Liz Carpenter
How lovely to find quotes for each and every one of my special solaces….
For All That Is To Come
“For all that has been,
Thank you.
For all that is to come,
Yes!”
-Dag Hammarskjol
