Must Be the Truth

"When you have eliminated
the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth."
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

First Good

"Power is the first good."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love Affair With Knowledge

"A love affair with knowledge
will never end in heartbreak."
~ Michael Garrett Marino

That Rapture

Hilton Head, SC

"Beauty is an expression
of that rapture of being alive."
~ Bill Moyers

Trivial Accidents

Hilton Head, SC

"It is amazing
the number of trivial accidents
which have made a difference."
~ B.F. Skinner

From a Snake!

"It seems necessary to completely shed
the old skin before the new, brighter,
stronger, more beautiful one can
emerge...
I never thought I’d be getting
a life lesson from a snake!"
~ Julie Ridge

Four Million Tons

"The sun, each second,
transforms 4 million tons of itself
into light ."
~ Brian Swimme

Watching a Sunrise

"Watching a sunrise,
we open ourselves up to the beauty
that Nature creates,
knowing it will never repeat itself
just like this again."
~ Jake Rajs

Truth

"It is not truth that makes man great;
but man that makes truth great."
~ Confucius

Divine the Future

"Study the past,
if you would divine the future."
~ Confucius

Providence Protects

"Providence protects
children and idiots.
I know because I have tested it."
~ Mark Twain

Oreo Cookies

"Taking pictures is like
tiptoeing into the kitchen
late at night
and stealing Oreo cookies."
~ Diane Arbus

Hitch Your Wagon...

"Hitch your wagon to a star!"
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love Winter

"Let us love winter,
for it is the spring of genius."
~ Pietro Aretino

Fairy Tales

"Fairy tales are more than true -
not because they tell us
dragons exist,
but because they tell us
dragons can be beaten."
~ G. K. Chesterton

Your Daily Life

"Your daily life
is your temple and your religion."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Change the World

"If you want to change the world,
change yourself."
~ Madonna

Into the Impossible

"The only way to discover
the limits of the possible
is to go beyond them
into the impossible."
~ Arthur C. Clarke

Sea of Experience

"All writing begins
in the sea of experience."
~ Barry Lane

Every Little Thing

"Every little thing counts
in a crisis."
~ Jawaharlal Nehru