“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower” - Albert Camus A full day today again, with much done around the house and garde...

“Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of t...

“Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.” - Flavius Josephus Today is the fi...

“And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light and a striving evermore for these; and he is dead, who will not fight; and who dies fighting has i...

“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a ...

“Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea.” - Granville Stanley Hall We watched another Australian fi...

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” - George Bernard Shaw While in Brisbane I...

“A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.” - Helen R...

“Good food and a warm kitchen are what make a house a home.” – Rachael Ray One of the best parts of travelling for work is coming back ho...

“Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour, which knows the plenitude of the soul.” - Gaston Bachelard I am in Brisb...

“It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back.” - Bill Vaug...

“Ισχύς μου, η αγάπη του λαού.” - Γεώργιος Α' (βασιλέας των Ελλήνων) “My strength is the love of my people.” – George I, King of the Gr...

“Tears and fears and feeling proud to say ‘I love you’ right out loud.” - Joni Mitchell You know the feeling when sometimes you go around...

“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.” – Herodotus August 18th is Vietnam Veterans’ Day. Originally it was...

“Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay at...

“Life is like eating artichokes, you have got to go through so much to get so little.” - Thomas Aloysius Dorgan Another busy day at work ...

“Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love th...

“The heart is the only broken instrument that works.” - T.E. Kalem The creative writing group hosted by Magpie Tales has set a challenge...

“The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remai...

“All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not...