Saturday, January 3, 2009

My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

- Michelangelo

Let the beauty of the wild leave footprints on your heart.

Peggy Anderson

The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.

John Muir

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Albert Einstein

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

Chinese Proverb

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover...

... what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

Sir William Bragg (1862 - 1942)

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.

Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College

Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination.

Roy M. Goodman

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

John Wesley (1703 - 1791)

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other conside

Frida Kahlo