"Love yourself and be awake today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, then teach others, and so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing: straighten yourself. You are the only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, and discover your master."
-The Buddha (c.563- c.483), India
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"The [person] who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon [themselves], and not upon other[s], has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the [person] of moderation, the [person] of ... character and of wisdom."
- Plato (427-347 BC), Greece
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"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe in, is, in the end of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."
- John Ruskin (1819-1900), England
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"Age is not all decay: it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk."
- George McDonald (1824-1905), Scotland
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"Hold on firmly to good friends and fine teachers. Riches and power are fleeting dreams, but the fragrance of wise words lingers in the world."
- Hanshan (7th Century), China
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"Life is a series of collisions with the future: it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be."
- José Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955), Spain
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"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
-Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Sweden
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"Every human being is the author of their own health or disease."
-Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), India
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New addition to the blog- Pearls of Wisdom
KINDNESS
"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."
-St Basil The Great (329-379), Asia Minor
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A new adventure for me- here are some images of my first few times out on the rocks.
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Off to Italy this week and looking very forward to it!! I will return with photographs of Lauren and Jason's wedding and I am sure many to stash in my fine art section. Enjoy the images below and I'll be blogging soon. Ciao.
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I was in Phoenix last week- working and visiting. Here are some images from one of the seven shoots. More to come...
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