Paramahansa Yogananda 1893-1952 ~ John Lennon 1940-1980... Instant Karma

The body melts into the universe.
The universe melts into the soundless voice.
The sound melts into the all-shining light.
And the light enters the bosom of infinite joy.

Rev. Jesse Jackson ~ Paul Simon 1941- ...Loves Me Like A Rock: w/ Stevie Wonder 1950- ~ Ira Tucker 1925- & The Dixie Hummingbirds est 1928

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Laozi (aka Lao-tzu) 4th - 6th cent ? ~ Efterklang est 2001: M.Bravier-C.Clausen-T.Husmere-R.Molgaard-R.Stolberg et al...Mirador

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Helen Keller 1880-1968 ~ Katie Melua 1984- ... I Cried For You

Although the world is full of suffering,
it is full also of the overcoming of it.

The Torah ~ Thievery Corporation est 1995 (Rob Garza & Eric Hilton) ...Richest Man In Babylon

Deeds of giving are the very foundation of the world.

Billie Holiday 1915-1959 & Arthur Herzog Jr 1927-1983...God Bless The Child: Jonathan Russell 1995- (Mark Shane-Ed Polcer-Herman Burney-Joe Ascione)

Them that's got shall get - them that's not shall lose...

Tyron Edwards 1809-1894 ~ David Clayton Thomas + Blood Sweat And Tears (1970 incarnation)...And When I Die

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf
teaches is this: do your work well and then be
ready to depart when God shall call.

Sir Thomas Browne 1605-1682 ~ Elvis Costello (And The Attractions) 1954- with Daryl Hall ~ The Only Flame In Town

Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.

Ruth Rendell 1930- ~ Stephen Sondheim 1930- ~ Van Morrison 1943- ~ Chet Baker 1929-1988 ~ Send In The Clowns

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live -
It is asking others to live as one wishes to live...

Proverbs 25:11 ~ Greg Lake (Emerson Lake & Palmer) 1947- ~ Joni Mitchell 1945- ~ Still...You Turn Me On/You Turn Me On,I'm A Radio

Like golden apples in silver settings are words spoken at the proper time.

Albert Einstein 1879-1955 ~ George Harrison 1943-2001 Bangladesh & If Not For You (with Bob Dylan 1941- )

A human being is part of the whole, called by us the Universe.
A part limited in time and space. He experiences himself,
his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest,
a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion
is part of a prison for us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our
task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening
our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.

e.e. cummings 1894-1962 ~ Harry Warren 1893-1981 & Al Dubin 1891-1945 ~ Jamie Cullum 1979- ....I Only Have Eyes For You

your slightest look easily will unclose
me though i have closed myself as
fingers you open always petal by petal
myself as spring opens touching
skillfully mysteriously her first rose

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 ~ Dennis Leary 1957- .... I'm An Asshole

Kind hearts are the garden; kind thoughts are the roots
Kind words are the blossoms; kind deeds are the fruits
Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds
Fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds.

Soren Kierkegaard 1813-1855 ~ Livingston & Evans (Jay 1915-2001 & Ray 1915-2007) ~ Doris Day 1924- ...... Que Sera Sera

Life must be lived forward but can only be understood backwards.

Robert Frost 1874-1963 ~ Great Lake Swimmers ~ (Tony Dekker) - Your Rocky Spine

Nature is always hinting at us...

Dag Hammarskjold 1905-1961 ~ Leiber and Stoller (Jerry 1933- & Mike 1933- ) ~ Peggy Lee 1920-2002.... Is That All There Is

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny
But what we put into it is ours...

Psalm 19:14 ~ Jimmy Cliff 1948- ~ Many Rivers To Cross

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

T.S. Elliot 1888-1965 ~ The Hollow Men / Kate Havnevik 1975- ~ Unlike Me

...Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the shadow
Life is very long...

Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968 ~ Eric Burden 1941- (and the Animals) - Sky Pilot

Our scientific power has outstripped our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Stephen Foster 1826-1864 ~ Beautiful Dreamer

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelie;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

Victor Hugo 1802-1885 ~ Paul McCartney 1942- / Seals and Croft (Jim 1941- & Dash 1940-) ...... Bluebird ~ Blackbird ~ Hummingbird

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile
on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her,
and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.





Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile
on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her,
and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 ~ The Everly Brothers (Don 1937- & Phil 1939-) / Damien Rice 1973- & Lisa Harrigan ?- / Amy Winehouse 1983-

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of...





The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of...

Leigh Harline 1907-1969/Ned Washington 1901-1976 When You Wish Upon A Star ~ Cliff Edwards 1895-1971

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

Nadezhda Mandelstam 1899-1980 ~ The Dixie Hummingbirds est.1928- / John Lennon 1940-1980 Our Prayer For Peace ~ Give Peace A Chance

Silence is the real crime against Humanity...




Silence is the real crime against Humanity...

Nina Simone 1933-2003 / David Bowie 1947-

Wild Is The Wind...

Ned Washington 1901-1976 / Dimitri Tiomkin 1894-1979 Wild Is The Wind

Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind
Chorus
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're Spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!
Like the leaf that clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures of the wind, and wild is the wind
And wild is the wind
Chorus
Like the leaf that clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind (4X)

Michael Angelo 1475-1564

I see an angel in a block of stone
And carve to set it free...




I see an angel in a block of stone
And carve to set it free...

Claudio Naranjo 1932-

We are...a part of the cosmos,
a tide in the ocean of life,
a chain in the network of
processes that donot either
begin or end within the
enclosure of our skins.

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

The artist is a receptacle
for emotions that come
from all over the place,
from the sky, from the earth,
from a scrap of paper,
from a passing stranger,
from a spider's web...

Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936

Words are the most powerful drug used by Mankind...

Heinrich Heine 1797-1856

Like a great poet, Nature knows
how to produce the greatest effects
with the most limited means.