welcome Kase

Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud…
William Blake

PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no
noise, trouble or hard work. It meants to be in the
midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it… always.
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.  –Leonardo Da Vinci

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies,
that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer,
and understand, for all that is life.
J. Krishnamurtim 1895-1986

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its’ furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whomever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Jalal as-Din Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian poet and sage

The best moments in reading are when you come across something-a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things-which you had thought unique and particular to you.  Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead.  And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.  –Alan Bennett

A great book should leave you…
slightly exhausted at the end.
You live several lives while reading it.
William Styron

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice:  reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author’s words reverberating in your head.  –Paul Auster

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.  –Anna Quindlen

Through the use of books, I had the whole world at my feet, could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.  –Benjamin Carson

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat, or fly into the future.  –Jim Bishop