Photo courtesy of the Grolier Club

The background image comes from a modified photo of a picture in a magazine.

Journals made by covering comp books in varying sizes with paper, adding a quote/stamp and some ribbon.

Give me the Splendid Silent Sun

by Walt Whitman

GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;

Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard;

Give me a field where the unmow’d grass grows;

Give me an arbor, give me the trellis’d grape;

Give me fresh corn and wheat—give me serene-moving animals, teaching content;

Give me nights perfectly quiet, as on high plateaus west of the Mississippi, and I looking up at the stars;

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers, where I can walk undisturb’d;

Give me for marriage a sweet-breath’d woman, of whom I should never tire;

Give me a perfect child—give me, away, aside from the noise of the world, a rural, domestic life;

Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev’d, recluse by myself, for my own ears only;

Give me solitude—give me Nature—give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities!

—These, demanding to have them, (tired with ceaseless excitement, and rack’d by the war-strife;)

These to procure, incessantly asking, rising in cries from my heart,

While yet incessantly asking, still I adhere to my city;

Day upon day, and year upon year, O city, walking your streets,

Where you hold me enchain’d a certain time, refusing to give me up;

Yet giving to make me glutted, enrich’d of soul—you give me forever faces;

(O I see what I sought to escape, confronting, reversing my cries;

I see my own soul trampling down what it ask’d for.)

I'm not too sure about this one. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

The quotation comes from an article by -Ingvi Hrannar Ómarsson

which can be found at ingvihrannar.com/14-things-that-are-obsolete-in-21st-cent...

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter, Ndileka Mandela at the launch of Copies of Nelson Mandela, By Himself: Authorised Book of Quotations

Photo by Ellen Sutphin

Poem by Frances Roberts

You just have to have faith.

Quotation of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi | Ramakrishna Math | Belur Math

What brilliant light is, when sun or moon is shining in the sky;

How amazing grace is, when glory and honor are bestowed in our heart.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. -Miles Davis

John Muir quotation

The background image comes from a modified photo of a picture from a magazine.

"Hemos aprendio a nadar como peces, a volar como pájaros... pero no el sencillo arte de vivir como hermanos"

“We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together as brothers.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The background image comes from a modified photo of a picture from a magazine.

Photo by Ellen Sutphin

Poem by Frances Roberts (written for a Buddhist friend of mine)

Art can only be define if and only if god can be proven to be true.

There they go again. It seems like anytime something needs to be said, the quotation marks have to get in the last word.

photo by ellen sutphin

collage by frances roberts

Citations De Motivation & De Force De Caractère

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“Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

Sunday Proverbs and Weekly Quotations

In this image at least, everything appears to be connected :)

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. ~Henry David Thoreau

I found this baby photo (18" X 24") laying on the concrete floor at an estate sale this weekend. The woman running the sale was not impressed with 'Baby" being of any value so she just chuckled and gave it to me for free. Free or not I think she's a cutey.

Only one certificate is available!!!

Best part is the sign on the right (legible if you view it in the larger size):

To: Our valued customer with children.

Recently, we have so many complainants from our customer regards to the party with small children. Please make sure your children are not running around your table or walk way, not screaming or shouting, or making so much mess on the floor or table. Sometimes, it creates very dangerous situation to your precious children and the people around you, since our waitress carry the hot soup, hot tea, or glass & table ware which can be broken and could cause injury. Therefore, we are asking not to seat at sushi bar with children, since it is so close to the guest next to you. We just do not want to make uncomfortable atmosphere for our entire valued customer while you are enjoying dinner. We appreciate your understanding and corporation.

Not sure where I snagged this, but I want to spread it around and remind myself to do a lot of work so I eventually get good at it.

"The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is" - Erasmus.

And you can read more happiness quotes @ www.selfhelpcollective.com/happiness-quotes.html (should you wish to)

Photo courtesy of the Grolier Club

The image for this quotation comes from a modified screen capture taken from a movie trailer.

"Laugh as much a you breathe and love as long you breathe." -anonymous

Quote postard for Swap-bot. 10-7-10

Dedicated to one of my colleagues who has a passion for biology (amongst other things). She also has a great sense of humour (posing with a skeleton was her idea).

Studious Suhail at G-10. Early 1990s.

Quotation: Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great wrk is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep looking. Dont settle.

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What if you aren't motivated or disciplined?