Thoughtful Perspectives on the Human Condition

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Here are several more of my personal favorites.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.   Albert Einstein

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.   Anthony J. D’Angelo

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.   Lao Tzu

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.    Jimmy Carter

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.    Duke Ellington

The woods are lovely,
dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep.    Robert Frost

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.    Albert Camus

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.    Ralph Waldo Emerson

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.   Blaise Pascal

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.    R. Buckminster Fuller

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.    Theodore Roethke

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.    Aristotle

We have met the enemy and he is us.    Pogo the Possum (Walt Kelly)

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.    Jacques Yves Cousteau

He is richest who is content with the least, for that contentment is the wealth of nature.   Socrates

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.    John Ruskin

My boy, one small breeze doesn’t make a wind storm.    John McGraw

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.    H. P. Lovecraft

The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love. Sitting Bull

Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

Whatever is the best and most beautiful in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is most important is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. Kobe Bryant

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.    Pele

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.   Khalil Gibran

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.    Benjamin Franklin

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.   African proverb

What is most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy – it’s all that matters.     Audrey Hepburn

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. George Santayana

Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that binds all relationships. Stephen Covey

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.   Abraham Lincoln

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.     Steve Jobs

The most difficult decision is to act. To do something that must be done. Fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.    Amelia Earhart

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.      George Washington

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