If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Rhodora" US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry. Nikolai Gogol, 1836 Russian author & humorist (1809 - 1852) When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality. Henry David Thoreau, Walden US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eyes and the heart of the child. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature" US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value. Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis" US patriot & political philosopher (1737 - 1809) When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Leonardo da Vinci Italian engineer, painter, & sculptor (1452 - 1519) Acts of injustice done<br> Between the setting and the rising sun<br> In history lie like bones, each one. W. H. Auden US (English-born) critic & poet (1907 - 1973) To love another person is to see the face of God. Victor Hugo, Les Miserables French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 - 1885) When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. Confucius Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC) |