William Fox ~ Al Stewart 1945- ...Year Of The Cat

Crystal clear starry nights...used and gazed upon throughout our lovers' plight.
Our minds - the ships; our dreams the fuel...love and space our only tool.

Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941 ~ Tony Joe White 1943- ...Polk Salad Annie

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

Julian Of Norwich 1342-1416 ~ Loreena Mckennitt 1957- ...God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Good Lord, I see you, Who are Truth itself.

Charles Wesley 1707-1788 ~ The Band (Robbie Robertson 1943-) ...Christmas Must Be Tonight

Hark the heraId angels sing; Glory to the newborn King.
Peace on earth and mercy mild; God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful, all ye nations, rise; Join the triumph of the skies;
With th'angelic host proclaim; Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Panchatantra 3rd Century BC ~ Aimee Mann 1960- ...Calling On Mary

Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.

Henry Miller 1891-1980 ~ Theodor "Dr Seus" Geisel 1904-1991 / Albert Hague 1920-2001 ...You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch ~ Brett Randell & Chris Raines

Verily, the Universe swims in light. Everything is alive and alight.
Man too is the recipient of inexhaustible radiant energy.
Strange, only in the Mind of Man is there darkness and paralysis.

Charles Dickens 1812-1870 ~ Brook Benton & Clyde Otis (1931-1988/1924-2008) ...This Time Of Year ~ Etta James 1938-

Reflect on your present blessings of which every man has many;
not on your misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Marie Beynon Ray ~ Marvin Gaye 1939-1984 ...Purple Snowflakes

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand...
and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 ~ Lou Reed 1942- (The Velvet Underground) ...All Tomorrow's Parties ~ Julian Koster (The Music Tapes)

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us or we find it not.

St Catherine Of Siena 1347-1380 ~ Deep Purple (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice) ...Lazy

Pray the prayer of action, which is the fragrant flowering of the soul.

Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 ~ The Tragically Hip (Gordon Downie 1961- ) ...Grace, Too

Only - but this is rare - when a beloved hand is laid in ours,
When, jaded with the rush and glare of the interminable hours,
Our eyes can in another's eyes read clear, when our world-deafened ear
Is by the tones of a loved voice caressed - a bolt is shot back
Somewhere in our breast, and a lost pulse of feeling stirs again;
The eye sinks inward, and the heart lies plain, and what we mean, we say,
And what we would, we know. A man becomes aware of his life's flow.

Dag Hammarskjold 1905-1961 ~ JJ Cale 1938- ...Carry On

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

Qi Gong Master ~ Buffy St Marie 1941- ...Tall Trees In Georgia ~ Eva Cassidy 1963-1996

In stillness be like the pine, in movement - like clouds and water.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1823-1884 ~ James Taylor 1949- ....Sweet Baby James

But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars...
the stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present,
they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression,
when the mind is open to their influence, nature never wears a mean appearance.
Neither does the wisest of men extort her secret, and lose his curiousity by
finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit.
The flowers, the animals, the mountains reflected the wisdom of his best hour,
as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.

Emily Bronte 1818-1848 ~ Blood, Sweat & Tears (David Clayton-Thomas 1941- ) ...Spinning Wheel

There isnot room for Death nor Atom that his might could render void
Since thou art Being and Breath and what thou art may never be destroyed.

Rumi 1207-1273 ~ Henry Mancini 1924-1993 & Johnny Mercer 1909-1976 ...Moon River - The Innocence Mission (Karen & Don Peris)

Each night the moon secretly kisses the lover who counts the stars.

Marguerite Porette #-1310 ~ Bob Dylan 1941- ...What Was It You Wanted?

If you look to something outside yourself for an increase in love,
you will see shadows in the flickering flames.
But if you burn with the pure fire of love,
without looking for anything outside to add to it,
you will see things clearly as they are.

Robert Frost 1874-1963 ~ Gordon Lightfoot 1938- ... Don Quixote

I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in the wood, and I - I took the one
less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Mary Oliver 1935- ~ Anne Murray 1945- ...Snowbird

...Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

Mother Theresa 1910-1997 ~ Taylor Mitchell 1990-2009 ...The Prayers We Light

The fruit of silence is prayer.
The fruit of prayer is faith.
The fruit of faith is love.
The fruit of love is service.
The fruit of service is peace.

François de la Rochefoucauld 1613-1680 ...Wild Is The Wind ~ Nina Simone 1933-2003

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones,
as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

Galatians 5:22 ~ Earth, Wind And Fire (Maurice White/Philip Bailey/Verdine White/Larry Dunn/Al McKay) ...That's The Way Of The World

For the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness and faithfulness.

Albert Einstein 1879-1955 ~ Neil Diamond 1941- ...Solitary Man

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.

Ansel Adams 1902-1984 ~ Danny Michel 1970- ...Into The Flame

I believe in beauty.
I believe in stones and water, air and soil,
people and their future and their fate.

Emily Dickinson 1830-1886 ~ Van Morrison 1945- ...Did Ye Get Healed?

Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.

William Butler Yeats 1865-1939 ~ Joel Gibb 1977- (The Hidden Cameras)... Follow These Eyes

Beloved gaze within thine own heart,
the holy tree is growing there;
from joy the holy branches start,
and all the trembling flowers they bear.

R.G. Ingersoll 1833-1899 ~ Lucinda Williams 1953- ...Sweet Old World

Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless
things to joy...with it, Earth is Heaven and we are Gods.

William Arthur Ward 1921-1994 ~ Neil Young 1945- ... Like A Hurricane

The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.

Carlos Castenada 1925-1998 ~ Mose Allison 1927- ...I'm Not Talking ~ The Yardbirds

Then ask yourself and yourself alone, one question.
It is this: Does this path have a heart?...If it does,
then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

Swami Sarvagatananda 1913-2009 ~ Aillene Bullock aka Tina Turner 1939- ...Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter ~ Nina Simone 1933-2003

It is not your belief, but your behavior that counts.
It is not your faith, but your function that counts.
And it is not your convictions, but your character that counts.

Ivan Panin 1855-1942 ~ Bryan Ferry 1945- ...Don't Stop The Dance ~ Masha Qrella

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Ancient Hasidic Master ~ Carmichael & Mercer (Hoagy 1899-1981 & Johnny 1909-1976) ...Skylark ~ Aretha Franklin 1942-

When you walk across the fields with your mind pure and holy,
then from all the stones, and all the growing things, and all the animals,
the sparks of their soul come out and cling to you,
and then they are purified and become a holy fire in you.

Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 ~ Dolly Parton 1946- ...Wildflowers ~ Little Roy And Lizzy

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has
been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed
there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

St John Of The Cross 1542-1591 ~ Townes Van Zandt 1944-1997...Waiting Around To Die

And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the
Kingdom of Heaven and the name of that river was suffering and I saw
the boat which carries souls across the river and name of that boat was love.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 ~ Lee Hazlewood 1929-2007 ...These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

What lies behind us and what lies before of us are tiny matters compared to what lies
within us.

William Hodding Carter, Jr 1907-1972 ~ Eden Ahbez 1908-1995... Nature Boy - Jamie Cullam 1979-

There are only two lasting bequests we can leave to our children.
One is roots. The other is wings.

Tao Te Ching (Lao tzu) ~ Moby 1965- ...Natural Blues

With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be at one with the Way.
Being at one with the Way is eternal.
And though the bodies dies, the Way will never pass.

Chief Seattle 1786-1886 (?) ~ Stan Ridgway 1954- ...Train Of Thought

Man didnot weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Apothegm of Narada ~ Nick Lowe 1949- ... (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?

Never utter these words: "I do not know this, therefore it is false".
One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge.

Gospel of Thomas ~ Roxanne Potvin 1982- ...Dig Deeper

If you bring forth that which is within you, that which you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you will destroy you.

Marcus Aurelius 121-180 ~ John Lennon 1940-1980... I'm Scared

The Universe is transformation, our life is what are thoughts make it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882 ~ Sarah Vaughn 1924-1990... A Slow Hot Wind

Everything in nature contains all the power of nature.
Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Confucious 551-479 BC ~ Joy And The Hit Kids...I Hold No Grudge

He who lives in the past walks backward into the future.

George Hebert 1875-1957 ~ Eef Barzelay 1970ish- ...Well

He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.

Teilhard De Chardin 1881-1955 ~ Leonard Cohen 1934- ...Hallelujah

Some day, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love; and then, for the second time in the history of the World, Man will have discovered fire.

William James 1842-1910 ~ Leon Russell 1942- ...Magic Mirror

Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Carl Jung 1875-1961 ~ Marvin Gaye 1939-1984 ...I Want You

The great moments of life are faith, hope, love and insight.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe 1749-1832 ~ Paul Williams 1940 & Kenneth Ascher 1944- ...The Rainbow Connection ~ Willie Nelson 1933-

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

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