Be what you would seem to be- or, if you'd like it put more simply-never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.
Lewis Carroll- Alice in Wonderland

Seeking is not always the way to find.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

“A man's errors are his portals of discovery.”

James Joyce -I think! ;)

FEAR is an acronym in the English language for "False Evidence Appearing Real"

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln

(or maybe it's Rev. William John Henry Boetcker)

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. -Heraclitus

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

The Talmud

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor Hugo

“I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries”

Theodore Isaac Rubin

It's on to Junior High for MKR!

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”

Confucius

You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.
Mark Twain

“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...”

Isak Dinesen

Weep you no more, sad fountains;
What need you flow so fast?
Look how the snowy mountains
Heaven's sun doth gently waste.
But my sun's heavenly eyes
View not your weeping,
That now lies sleepingSoftly,
now softly liesSleeping.

Sleep is a reconciling,
A rest that peace begets:
Doth not the sun rise smiling
When fair at even he sets?
Rest you then, rest, sad eyes,
Melt not in weeping,
While she lies sleepingSoftly,
now softly lies
Sleeping.

Andrew Wyeth died today

A tree beside the sandy

River-beach

Holds up its topmost boughs

Like fingers towards the skies

They cannot reach,

Earth-bound, heaven-amorous.

This is the soul of man. Body and brain

Hungry for earth

our heavenly flight detain.

Sri Aurobindo

“I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.”

Fritz Perls

Halloween 2008

"We are born with a scream; we come into life with a scream, and maybe love is a mosquito net between the fear of living and the fear of death."

Francis Bacon

Obsessing on Matisse

“The noontide light passing through the rib cage of Joshua trees, like morning for Matisse.”

Michael Easton

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Mahatma Gandhi