Soaring Peace

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

Build You Better

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

H. Jackson Brown

Painted Geode by Mary Abma

#14 by Mark Rothko

Speculate Bliss

Abstract Metal, originally uploaded by QuakajaQ.

I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not the accumulation of facts alone.

Albert Einstein

Image One: No Man is an Island

Unconscious Reflections

Reflections and Symmetry, originally uploaded by |neurosis|.

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony."

William Ellery Channing

Green Droplet

Wide Awake

purple abstract tulip covered in snow, originally uploaded by David Bukach.

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman

Afternoon Purple by P. Moody