“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere” - François de la Rochefoucauld A relax...

“Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I...

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” - Martin Luther Tu B’Shevat is a min...

“The heart is the only broken instrument that works.” - T. E. Kalem Magpie Tales has presented to us this week with an image of a gr...

“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” -...

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tal...

“And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watc...

“Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.” - Voltaire Thank goodness it’s Friday! It’s been another very tiring wee...

“Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the ...

“Nostalgia is a seductive liar.”  George Wildman Ball It’s hard to believe that January is already over and the first of February is ...

“When blue sinks almost to black, it echoes a grief that is hardly human. When it rises towards white ... its appeal to men grows weak...

“When we’re incomplete, we’re always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship,...

“For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realise sensations” - Paul Cezanne For Art Sunday toda...

“Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, an...

“My salad days, when I was green in judgment.” - William Shakespeare It was a rather quiet day at work today as many people had taken...