“The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.” MenChildrenDoeEndsJoySunTreeSeaReturnLiftsAnguishRenewalLoftyCoconutsCyclones Author:Paul Gauguin
“When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes. They feel a great, ever-rising determination to lift themselves and their children our of hunger and disease and misery, up to a higher level. Jesus started a fire upon the earth, and it is burning hot today, the fire of a new hope in the hearts of the hungry multitudes.” MenFeelsHeartChildrenTodayEarthJesusBornLevelsCommonCompassionChristianityFireHigherDiseaseDeterminationHotMiseryHungerHungryBurningLiftsRisingMultitudesHigher LevelCommon ManChristmas DayNew Hope Book:The world is learning compassion Source: The world is learning compassion
“O Liberty, white Goddess! is it well to leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast fold Sorrow's children, soothe the hurts of Fate, lift the down-trodden, but with hand of steel stay those who to thy sacred portals come to waste the gifts of Freedom.” WellsChildrenHandsHurtWhiteLibertyFateSorrowWasteSacredLiftsBreastsGatesGoddessSteelFoldsPortal Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems
“I'm crazy about Steven Spielberg. Another inspiration for me, and I don't know where it came from, is children. If I'm down, I'll take a book with children's pictures and look at it and it will just lift me up. Being around children is magic.” IfsKnowsLooksChildrenBookInspirationMagicCrazyLiftsLift Me Up Author:Michael Jackson