“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”...

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” - J.R.R. Tolkien Every now and then we lik...

“Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.” - Thomas de Quincey As I was looking through some of my old photos yester...

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one ...

“There is no art without Eros.” - Max Frisch The field daisy , Bellis perennis , is today’s birthday flower.  It is the symbol of pu...

“Fear follows crime and is its punishment.” – Voltaire We have been watching some episodes of the Miss Marple telemovies...

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” - Martin Luther Today Orthodox E...

“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beauti...

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.” – Buddha Today is the Orthodox Good Friday and...

“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.” - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. It is Holy...

“What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with Judas Iscariot for thirty pieces of silver.” - St Ma...

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” - G...

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” - Charles Dickens We watched a BBC mi...

“All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently worki...

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoe...

“Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Today is Good Frid...

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” - Mahatma Gandhi I consider myself very lucky to live in Austra...

“It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.” - Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras, which is the nom-de-plume of Marguer...