ANON

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been re-arranged by the hand of man.

Thomas Hardy's poem "At Casterbridge Fair" (complete) can now be read at -
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com

KITARO NISHIDA

If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.

Tomorrow at THE WESSEX POET site -
the complete poem "At Casterbridge Fair"
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com

JOHN F.KENNEDY

An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it

CARL SCHURZ

Ideals are like stars. You will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but, like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them reach your destination.

KATHLEEN NORRIS

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.

Chinese Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

BARON de MONTESQUIEU

Great lords have their pleasures, but the people have fun

MASTER OF COLOUR
the paintings of William Merritt Chase
http://masterofcolour.blogspot.com

SIVANANDA

Love expects no reward.
Love knows no fear.
Love gives - does not demand.
Love thinks no evil - imputes no motive.
To Love is to share and serve.

THE WESSEX POET
The poems of Thomas Hardy
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com

ROBERT BLOCH

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

True friendship is like sound health.
The value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

In the hope of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

ELLA FITZGERALD

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

WILLIAM HAZLITT

I can enjoy society in a room; but out-of-doors nature is company enough for me.

Arabian Proverb

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.

The DALAI LAMA

My religion is very simple.
My religion is kindness.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else


Announcing two new blogs -

THE WESSEX POET
The poems of Thomas Hardy
begins tomorrow 17th July
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com
And
MASTER OF COLOUR
The paintings of William Merritt Chase
begins on Monday 18th July
http://masterofcolour.blogspot.com

JOHN MUIR

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.

ANON

Live for today,
Forget tomorrow,
Think of your hopes
And not your sorrow.

MARGARET THATCHER

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Ven. K. Sri. DHAMMANANDA

Happy is he who has lofty and noble aspirations.
Happy is he who enriches the lives of others.
Happy is he who allows others to live in peace.
Happy is he who makes this world a better place to live in.
Happy is he whose work, chores and daily tasks are labours of love.
Happy is he who loves love.

KIN HUBBARD

There's no secret to success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

THOMAS HARDY

A man’s silence is wonderful to listen to

JANE AUSTEN

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

Taoist Saying

You can conquer others with power,
But it takes true strength to conquer yourself.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself

A.A. MILNE

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them

LAMA SURYA DAS

Truth is everywhere.
It knows no religious, cultural, temporal or ethnic bounds.
Truth is the perfect circle.
Its centre is everywhere.
Its circumference stretches into infinite space.

MALCOLM FORBES

It's a very short trip. While alive, live.

JOHN'S MIXED BAG
a personal choice
http://johnsmixedbag.blogspot.com

VINCE LOMBARDI

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

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