Dr Robin Smith - mind and perspective

"Being outside—getting oxygen in your lungs—actually changes not just your body, it can begin to change your mind and your perspective." ~Dr Robin Smith

Ram Dass - ego

"Your ego has all these wants. Your soul has only one want. It wants to get to merge with the Lover. Merge with the One." ~~Ram Dass

Jill Ciment - dying sun

"It is the hour when the light over the sink, a fluorescent meant for washing dishes, suddenly usurps the fire of the dying sun." ~Jill Ciment, Heroic Measures

Eckhart Tolle Quotes

"Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is untouched by time." ~Eckhart Tolle

"If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace." ~Eckhart Tolle

"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." ~Eckhart Tolle

"Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found." ~Eckhart Tolle

Elizabeth Kadetsky - achieve much

"You achieve much once you stop telling yourself you can't do things." ~Elizabeth Kadetsky

Dr. Katz - meals

"Slow the pace of your meals. Pay attention to what you're eating. After a pause, you'll likely find that 'mostly full' is full enough." ~Dr. Katz

Christina Rossetti - heart's core

"Rest, rest at the heart's core. Till joy shall overtake " ~Christina Rossetti

Nancy Astor - basic beauty

"Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life." ~Nancy Astor

Mary Chase - different person

"It's quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person — beguiled, enchanted." ~Mary Chase, playwright

James Baldwin Quotes

"A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it." ~ James Baldwin

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced." ~James Baldwin

Dr Susan Shumsky - purpose of life

"The purpose of your life is to merge fully with the presence of God. That is your only priority and your only goal." ~Dr Susan Shumsky

St Bernard de Clairvaux - restng place

"We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us." ~St Bernard de Clairvaux

Lemieux - art of living

"The art of living can be observed, and thereby taught" ~Lemieux

Muhammad - night garment

"Do you not see how he has lengthened the shadows The One is he who made the night a garment for you." ~Muhammad

Dr Susan Shumsky - miracle, blessing, joy

"Every moment is a miracle. Every breath is a blessing. Every day is an opportunity for joy." ~Dr Susan Shumsky

James Dean - dream

 "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." ~ James Dean:

Anon - without love

"Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house."  ~Anon

Will Durant - education

"Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance." ~Will Durant on Education

Count Leo Tolstoy

"Conceit is incompatible with understanding." ~Count Leo Tolstoy

Hans Christian Anderson - must have

"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson

Havelock Ellis - art to learn

"To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach." ~Havelock Ellis

John Burroughs Quotes

"A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did." ~John Burroughs

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.” ~John Burroughs

"To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday." ~John Burroughs

Bernoulli - nature

"Nature always tends to act in the simplest way." ~Bernoulli

Kat James - beauty

"Our beauty never forgets its essence." ~Kat James

Jules Renard - hourglass

"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties." ~Jules renard.

Brian Tracy

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." ~Brian Tracy~

Leo Burnett - swear off

"To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas." ~Leo Burnett

John H. Miller - attitude

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens." ~John H. Miller

Annie Dillard - how

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." ~Annie Dillard

Lord Chesterfield - pocket watch

"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked." ~Lord Chesterfield

John Jakes - every piece

"Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish." ~John Jakes

Geneen Roth - core beliefs

"The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning and transformation." ~Geneen Roth

Marcus Buckingham - energizing moments

"You can find energizing moments in each aspect of your life, but to do so you must learn how to catch them, hold on to them, to feel the pull of their weight and allow yourself to follow where they lead." ~Marcus Buckingham

Tom Bodett - laughs to forget

"The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh." ~Tom Bodett

Arnold Schopenhauer Quotes

"Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control." ~Arnold Schopenhauer

"It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character." ~Arthur Schopenhauer

Lao-Tse

"By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever." ~Lao-Tse

Dr Susan Shumsky - child of God

You are a beloved child of God. You are never alone. You are filled with the light of God's love. Be at peace.

David Russell - bridge to cross

"The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn." ~David Russell

William James Quotes

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact." ~William James

"Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit." ~William James

"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." ~William James

"Wherever you are it is your friends who make your world." ~James, William

George Barkouras - neurosis

"Neurosis is attractive, but health is irresistible" ~George Barkouras

Leah Dancel Quotes

"Motherhood is an exhilarating experience for me. I can't trade it for anything else. Never mind the setbacks and drawbacks. They add colour to the meaning of life".~@lcd, 6 May, 2009, my response to Rosidah's comment.

"I would love to see the United Kingdom where nature is rich in splendour of green and beauty untarnished; divinely sketched." ~Leah Dancel, 9 June 2009

"Dahlias are one of those garden delights that have soft and delicate petals yet beautifully layered by nature and arrayed with multiple colours to attract helpful visitors such as bees who are free to please themselves." ~Leah Dancel, 26 Oct 2009 comment to This is My Blog.

"Death that brings sorrow only happens on earth
But life everlasting brings far more endless mirth." ~Leah Dancel, 3 June 2011
(Comment on Parents Goodbye by Marvin H Lee at The Rhyming Place)

"There's always a way to find life interesting." ~Leah Dancel, 16 June 2011

Standing Bear - man's heart

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard." ~Standing Bear

Kahlil Gibran Quotes

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~Kahlil Gibran

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed". ~Kahlil Gibran

"It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding." ~Kahlil Gibran

"It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;

For love is sufficient unto love.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." ~Kahlil Gibran

“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you YOUR ALL.” ~Kahlil Gibran

Phil McGraw - teach people

"You teach people how to treat you." ~Phil McGraw

Mark Twain Quotes

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ~Mark Twain

"Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul." ~Mark Twain

“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure” ~Mark Twain

"To be good is noble, but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble." ~Mark Twain

"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." ~Mark Twain"

Ursula K. Le Guin - love like bread

"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new." ~Ursula K. Le Guin

Leo Buscaglia - learning and growing

"Every day we are offered new means for learning and growing in love." ~Leo Buscaglia

William C. Bryant - virtue

"Remorse is virtue’s root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness." ~William C. Bryant

Rob Williams - peace and happiness

"Finding peace and happiness doesn't depend on getting rid of all conflicts and problems in life rather, finding peace and happiness depends on learning how to deal with those problems and conflicts and knowing how to rise above them to enjoy the good things." ~Rob Williams

Dena DiIaconi - precious gift

"No one knows the mysteries of life or its ultimate meaning, but for those who are willing to believe in their dreams and in themselves, life is a precious gift in which anything is possible." ~Dena DiIaconi