felisa-tan Quotes About wisdom

“Sunshine and rain make a rainbow. The coming together of pleasure and pain is what gives life its colour, texture, and flavour. Each experience accumulates to compose a grand work of art, of which we ourselves are the artists.”

Life Inspirational Art Wisdom Artist Life Experience Rainbow Human Experience Colors Sunshine Rain

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“I have learned to accept and appreciate beauty as it is, without always having to reason why. As Ralph Waldo Emerson eloquently conveyed in his poem ‘The Rhodora’ (1834), ‘If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty has its own excuse for being.”

Life Inspirational Art Wisdom Beauty Be Present Ralph Waldo Emerson The Rhodora

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“If we could only understand the beginning of everything, perhaps we would be truly humble beings.”

Inspirational Wisdom Humanity Understanding Humility Beginning

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“Beauty is everywhere, if we only know where to look.”

Inspirational Wisdom Beauty Perspective

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“Our thoughts and emotions are like a train— we have a choice whether or not to jump on it.”

Wisdom Decision Meditation Awareness Mindfulness Thoughts Emotions Train Spiritual Awareness Pause

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“When we look up to the sky, we see distant spatial objects as small; has it ever crossed your mind that this is also how we may be perceived from other viewpoints in the multiverse? Looking up to the sky, we get to experience our own scale, our insignificance in the face of the grand forces of nature and their indifference towards our personal conditions. Yet, strangely, this experience of insignificance is not that of diminishment; but of peace, liberation, and relief.”

Wisdom Universe Space Sky Identity Humility Ego Liberation True Freedom Human Scale

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“We do not need more things to be happy— just some gratitude would do.”

Wisdom Desire Spirituality Acceptance Gratitude Greed Contentment True Happiness Be Here Now Be Present

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“From up there, we all look the same. However, amidst this truth of unity, human beings seem to be perpetually on the quest for a solid unchanging identity. Is it important to distinguish oneself from the rest? What does one’s sense of Self mean in the universal scheme of things?”

Wisdom Spirituality Identity Humility Ego Unity Differentiation Self Proclamation

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“Nature always has its way of showing its power and might. Majestic, full of life, and passionate; yet graceful, calm, and not forceful.”

Wisdom Spirituality Nature Power Gentleness Laws Of Nature Mother Nature Learn From Nature

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“Life is full of simple pleasures; if one does not know how to enjoy them, one would easily miss out on it.”

Wisdom Spirituality Gratitude Contentment True Happiness Be Here Now Pause Be Present Look Around You Cherish Life

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“Wherever I go, I search for meaning.”

Life Inspirational Wisdom Spirituality Discovery Curiosity Self Discovery Meaning

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“To you, the artist of your life.”

Inspirational Art Wisdom Artist Spirituality

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“If this book ends up in your hands, it means all the forces of the Universe have conspired for the crossing of our paths—the meeting of our consciousness.”

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“Wisdom is simple, yet it is elusive. It can only appear in a mind that is still, open, and attuned to its surroundings, and above all, itself.”

Inspirational Wisdom Spirituality

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“It is amazing how the world changes as we do. I have felt it myself, and I hope someday you can feel it too.”

Art Wisdom Spirituality Vision Perspective

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“A great work of art is not necessarily the most beautiful one, but the one that makes us feel.”

Inspirational Art Feelings Wisdom Spirituality Beauty

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“Art, to me, has become more than a mere medium for self-expression, but above all, transcendence. It unites me with the Sublime.”

Art Wisdom Spirituality Expression Sublime Transcendence Self Expression

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“The most inspiring works of art are not those that put forward the sense of identity of the artist, but those that open the door to self-awareness, which is the foundation of spiritual consciousness.”

Art Wisdom Spirituality Consciousness Awareness Identity Transcendence Spiritual Awareness Spiritual Consciousness

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“When what happens outside strikes a chord with what is inside, that is the essence of the moment—and that is when the artist should make the photograph.”

Inspirational Art Wisdom Spirituality Photography Celebrate Life Honour Life

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“Change, impermanence, and evolution are the mechanism through which the process of existence perpetuates. It is an essential part of Life and all its beauty.”

Life Wisdom Spirituality Change Existence Beauty Evolution Impermanence

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“To what extent do we attach meaning to our experience of the world based on language?”

Wisdom Spirituality Language Meaning Life Experience

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“Many a time we seek drama in our surroundings to spark up our daily life. However, reality is not a fairy story, and is often anti-climatic. But there’s the comedy!”

Inspirational Wisdom Reality Fantasy Comedy Perspective Drama Ordinary Life

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“Ambiguity is one of the most powerful qualities of photography as an art form—a photograph describes, but does not tell.”

Art Wisdom Reality Mystery Photography Ambiguity Art Form

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“Night-time moves us in mysterious ways. Darkness brings to light things that we would not otherwise notice in daylight.”

Wisdom Night Vision Darkness Perspective Observation Be Here Now Be Present Look Around You Nightime

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“The night wakes up the senses; it wakes up the Soul.”

Wisdom Night Vision Darkness Wake Up Observation Nighttime Be Here Now Be Present Look Around You

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“What miraculous organs our eyes are! They allow us to see colours, feel textures, look into the eyes of a loved one, take pleasure in the sense of sight, and perceive things from the heart.”

Wisdom Light Pleasure Vision Gratitude Sight Eyes Human Body Colors Sensory Perception

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“There was something sacred about the light that flooded inside this abandoned edifice, as if washing away all the collective pain, misery, and bad history that ever happened in this place, giving it a chance to be something new.”

Wisdom Light Suffering Healing Vision Observation Gentleness Sacredness Look Around You

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