Month: July 2012

Patrick Buchanan Quotes

“Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.” ~Patrick Buchanan “If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they …

Laura Stavoe Harm – culture

“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” ~Laura Stavoe Harm

Sallust – harmony

Green Hill9 June 2011 “Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.” ~Sallust

Stanely A. Cain – estuaries

SH Duck Pond9 June 2011 “Estuaries are a happy land, rich in the continent itself, stirred by the forces of nature like the soup of …

Russell Hoban – mirror

Tangara Train27 June 2011 “An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My …

Thought for Today – Lotus Life

Sydney Royal Botanical Garden 30 December 2010 “The lotus is a symbol of purity. Its roots are in the mud, but the flower remains above …

Ossian Lang

“The happy person is the one who finds occasions for joy at every step. He does not have to look for them, he just finds …

William L Shirer – happiness

“Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, …

BJ Olson Quotes

“Peace comes from living in the moment and looking for the good in others. Peacefulness comes from facing our fears and letting them go – …

Edmund Spenser – thought

“For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the …

Morris West – sunshine

“If you spend your life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” ~Morris West

Scott Heron expression

“The way you get to know yourself is by the expression on other people’s faces.” ~Gil Scott Heron