quotes

“Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.” Max Frisch

“The artist is the confidant of nature. Flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.” Auguste Rodin

“Men have become the tools of their tools.” Henry David Thoreau

“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.” Henrik Ibsen, playwright (1828-1906)

“For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.” Donald Williams, U.S. Astronaut

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.” Thich Nhat Hahn

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.” Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)

“Love makes time pass. Time makes love pass.” French Sundial Motto

“There is a transcendent power in example. We reform others unconciously when we walk uprightly.” Anne Sophie Swetchine

“Earth laughs in flowers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher

“The bluebird carries the sky on his back.” Henry David Thoreau

“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.” Miles Davis

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” Joseph Addison, writer, (1672-1719)

“Memory is the exercise against loss.” Ruth Stone

“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.” Thomas Edison

“The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.” Nelson Boswell

“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” Charles F. Kettering

“The body says what words cannot.” Martha Graham (1893 - 1991)

“Why do I love songs? It's three minutes of condensed storytelling, of trying to collect your thoughts lyrically, musically and emotionally, and when it works there's nothing on earth like it. Think about it: Airwaves of sound move the little hairs and bones in your body, enter your brain and make your neurons fire off skyrockets. No matter how much you look at the math of it, it is beautiful, it is mystical beyond words. I only have to think about a song like `Waterloo Sunset’ and my physiology changes. What's not to love about that?” Jon Brion

“Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.” Jodie Foster

“Few people think more than two or three times a year. I've made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.” George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” anonymous