Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke. Hermann Hesse Swiss (German-born) author (1877 - 1962) The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering. Brenda Ueland During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight. Fritjof Capra, physicist Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 - 1973) The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961) At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. Jean Houston The most potent muse of all is our own inner child. Stephen Nachmanovitch The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002 US science fiction author |