“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Quote by Barry Goldwater
“Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and all dependent on the leaves. By leaves we live. Some people have strange ideas that they live by money. They think energy is generated by the circulation of coins. Whereas the world is mainly a vast leaf colony, growing on and forming a leafy soil, not a mere mineral mass: and we live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.” PeopleThinkingWorldIdeasEnergyAnimalGrowingStrangeProductsMassGreenPlantMereChiefsSoilDependentLive ByPhenomenonHarvestLeafsCoinsFullnessColonyCirculationMineralsGreen World Author:Patrick Geddes
“For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and preached upon the lily. For the flowers have great virtues for all senses. For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's creation. For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.” MadeLanguageSoundChristLordVirtueCreationFlowerBlessingAngelRootsPlantSensesReasoningWord Of GodDiscipleAdversariesLiliesGlorifyMeadowsGod's Creation Author:Christopher Smart
“Two years ago, I was saying as I planted seeds in the garden, "I must believe in these seeds, that they fall into the earth and grow into flowers and radishes and beans." It is a miracle to me because I do not understand it. The very fact that they use glib technical phrases does not make it any less a miracle, and a miracle we all accept. Then why not accept God's miracles?” YearsBelieveDoeTwoFactsUseEarthFallGrowsAcceptingFlowerYears AgoGardenMiraclePlantSeedsPhrasesTwo YearsWhy NotBeansTwo Years AgoRadishes Author:Dorothy Day
“Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you.” GivingHappinessSuccessComfortZoneMake You Happy Author:Maeve Binchy
“Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.” MayHappinessSuccessFallResultsWorryOur LivesFailingDangerAnxietyCapableIdealsDignityOur SocietyModestConformPerniciousDignity And Respect Author:Alain de Botton
“A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year.” YearsHappinessSuccessCombinationDeparting Book:The Civil War: a narrative Source: The Civil War: a narrative
“You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.” NeedsCountryDiesFightingPolitics Author:Barry Goldwater
“I believe this is Heaven to no one else but me.” BelieveHappinessSuccessI BelieveHeaven Author:Sarah McLachlan