“The finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain, and opens his mind to the genius and spirit of the world's great ideas. He will feel inspired with the purest and noblest thoughts that have ever animated the spirit of humanity.” MenWorldFeelsMindPersonsIdeasSpiritHumanityUniverseBrainPiecesWiseGeniusInspiredMechanismFinestAnimatedGreat IdeaWise Person Author:Alfred Armand Montapert
“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“Great literature has always been written in a like spirit, and is, indeed, the Forgiveness of Sin, and when we find it becoming the Accusation of Sin, as in George Eliot, who plucks her Tito in pieces with as much assurance as if he had been clockwork, literature has begun to change into something else.” IfsSpiritLiteratureSinPiecesWrittenBecomingAssuranceAccusationPluckClockworkEliotGreat LiteratureForgiveness Of SinsTito Book:Ideas of Good and Evil Source: Ideas of Good and Evil
“Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month.” YearsSpiritPassionHouseStuffPiecesSeeingMonthsAll ThingsWinterFolksChristmasHolidayMy PassionDecemberReunionHoliday Spirit Book:Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: The Best Christmas Ever Source: Christmas with Mary Engelbreit: The Best Christmas Ever
“A good-looking piece of scenery anywhere delights the eye and elevates the spirits. Some of us, crude creatures that we are, are merely excited; finer souls draw ethical and spiritual nutrients from the sight.” SoulEyeSpiritualSpiritPiecesCreaturesDrawsSightDelightExcitedEthicalLooking GoodCrudeSceneryNutrients Author:Barbara Holland