quotes

“For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.” Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)

“This is the precious present, regardless of what yesterday was like, regardless of what tomorrow may bring. When your inner eyes open, you can find immense beauty hidden within the inconsequential details of daily life. When your inner ears open, you can hear the subtle, lovely music of the universe everywhere you go. When the heart of your heart opens, you can take deep pleasure in the company of the people around you--family, friends, acquaintances, or strangers--including those whose characters are less than perfect, just as your character is less than perfect. When you are open to the beauty, mystery, and grandeur of ordinary existence, you "get it" that it always has been beautiful, mysterious, and grand and always will be. This is the precious present.” Timothy Ray Miller

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” Storm Jameson

“The two most engaging powers of a photographer are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.” William Thackerary

“One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it." French Proverb

“All things can be cured by salt water: sweat, tears, or the ocean.” Isak Dinesen (1885-1962) Danish writer

“If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this moment is the best moment of your life.” Zen proverb

“He who binds himself to a joy
Does the winged life destroy.
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise.” Wlliam Blake

“Joy has no cost.” Marianne Williamson

“Efficiency is intelligent laziness.” David Dunham

“The world's literature and folklore are full of stories that point out how futile it can be to seek happiness. Rather, happiness is a blessing that comes to you as you go along; a treasure that you incidentally find.” Louis Binstock

“When we have a toothache, we know that not having a toothache is happiness. But later, when we don’t have a toothache, we don’t treasure our non-toothache. Practicing mindfulness, we can treasure our happiness and make it last longer.” Thich Nhat Hanh

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” Max Depree

“Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good... give it, give it all, give it now.” Annie Dillard

“The world has enough for everyone's need but not enough for everyone's greed.” Gandhi

“Art is supposed to wake you up. It’s supposed to make you say, ‘Wait a minute. I can think about everything differently than I thought about it one second ago.’” Sarah Lorge Butler

“Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.” Samuel Butler

“Life only demands the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible—not to have run away.” Dag Hammerskjöld

“Fish live in streams
Birds nest in trees
Human beings dwell
In warm hearts.” Japanese folk saying

“Everything is determined by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust —we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” Albert Einstein