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Wisdom is self education, true human schooling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A tree that reaches past your embrace
Grows from one small seed.
A structure over nine stories high
Begins with a handful of earth.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Tou (64)

 

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Beverly Sills (b. 1929)

 

From success you get lots of things,
But not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Sam Goldwyn (date unknown)

 

Our lives are like the course of the sun.
At the darkest moment there is the promise of daylight.

The Times of London ()984)

 

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
But their echoes are endless.

Mother Teresa (b. 1910)

 

The greatest revelation is stillness.

Lao-Tzu (6th Century BC)

 

Sometimes it proves
The highest understanding
Not to understand.

Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658)

 

But all my words come back to me,
In shades of mediocrity.
Like emptiness and harmony,
I need someone to comfort me.

Simon and Garfunkel (both b. 1941)

 

Be grateful to those who pray,
Because they are holding the line.

Unknown (The truth pigments affection)

 

 

 

 

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The chatter of people is the poetry of life....