The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses. Edith Sodergran Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt French actress (1844 - 1923) Hope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 - 1519) There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. Pearl Buck US novelist in China (1892 - 1973) Hope is only the love of life. Henri-Frédéric Amiel Truth has beauty, power and necessity. Sylvia Ashton-Warner Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it? Henry Miller US author (1891 - 1980) |