“To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room. A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt bulb in an expensive one.” RoomsMoodExpensiveLampsLightingBulbs Author:Edward S. Walker, Jr.
“Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?" Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about.” PeopleGivingLightEvilLove IsRoomsTreeRoseSmellShadeGood PeopleLampsFragranceEvil People Book:Awareness: Conversations with the Masters Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“There are pictures by Titian so steeped in golden splendors, that they look as if they would light up a dark room like a solar lamp.” IfsLooksLightDarkRoomsPaintingGoldenLampsSplendorLight UpDark Room Book:Six Months in Italy Source: Six Months in Italy
“On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin, and returned full of pride to show my blessed posy. My mother laughed her irreverent laugh and, looking at my bunch of flowers, which was bringing the may-bug into the sitting-room right under the lamp, she said: Do you suppose it wasn't already blessed before?” FirstsMaySaidShowsSpiritMotherReligionSpiritualityRoomsClassLaughingFlowerPrideSittingBlessedRoseBunchLaughedGardeningVirginsBugsLampsAltarsComradeLilacIrreverentCatechismPosies Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette