“Ah, well, I am a great & sublime fool.   But then I am God’s fool, & all His works must be contemplated with respect.”

Mark Twain.

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.”

Patanjali

“Everyone needs beauty as well as bread.”

John Muir

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive.  And then go and do that.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

- Harold Whitman (Howard Thurman)

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

~ Helen Keller

I understand now that the vulnerability I’ve always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can’t experience life without feeling life. What I’ve learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it’s a strength.
~ Elisabeth Shue

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

~ Albert Einstein

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

~ Bill Bradley

All human beings are also dream beings. Dream ties all humankind together.

– Jack Kerouac

“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”

Ivan Pann ( Russian mathematician 1855-1942)