Tuesday 29 September 2009

If your heart ....

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Kahlil Gibran

Monday 28 September 2009

Life is a maze...

Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learned to walk.
Cyril Connolly

Sunday 27 September 2009

Birds... there is nothing...

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.
Robert Lynd

Saturday 26 September 2009

"The love of gardening...

The love of gardening is a seed once sewn that never dies.
Gertrude Jekyll

Friday 25 September 2009

Make... the world more beautiful...

Make you the world a bit better or more beautiful because
you have lived in it.
Edward W. Bok

Thursday 24 September 2009

The optimist...

The optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a
pessimist sees only the red stoplight.
The truly wise person is colourblind.
Albert Schweitzer

Wednesday 23 September 2009

The hardest thing to learn in life ...

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
David Russell

Tuesday 22 September 2009

For man, autumn is a time of harvest....

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
Edwin Teale

Monday 21 September 2009

Reflection

In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
Marcel Marceau

Sunday 20 September 2009

Adventure...

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even
close at hand. Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.
Jacqueline Cochran

Saturday 19 September 2009

Tomorrow.....

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Friday 18 September 2009

Being at the right place ...

Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when
you keep moving towards the next opportunity.
Arthur Pine

Thursday 17 September 2009

The most precious gift...

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When
mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Dreams....

Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would
not incite us to have them.
John Updike

Tuesday 15 September 2009

Restlessness...

Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.
Colleen Wainwright

Monday 14 September 2009

To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
Sallust

Sunday 13 September 2009

Ambition...

Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
American Proverb

Saturday 12 September 2009

If I had to choose....

I realised that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds
than airplanes.
Charles Lindbergh

Friday 11 September 2009

A life of peace....

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and
untroubled old age.
Cicero

Thursday 10 September 2009

Science is organised knowledge.....

Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life.
Immanuel Kant

Wednesday 9 September 2009

Time...

You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday 8 September 2009

Energy is eternal delight.
William Blake

Monday 7 September 2009

May I never miss a sunset...

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.
Sara June Parker

Sunday 6 September 2009

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but
if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Saturday 5 September 2009

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Aristotle

Friday 4 September 2009

Autumn...

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.
Albert Camus

Thursday 3 September 2009

Cats

Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture.
Jacquelyn Mitchell

Wednesday 2 September 2009

Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well.
Robert Heinlein

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of
our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
Herbert Spencer