Wisdom

RIC_8557-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The owl of Minerva begins its flight only in the gathering darkness.

Hegel

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What you are and will be

RIC_8348-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

What you are is what you have been.

 What you will be is what you do now. 

Buddha

Prayer

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O Creator of my beginning.

Bear me. 

Bear with me.

Bear me forth into this once more day –

this time of my life You have given me.

Bless me.

Mary Jo Leddy

Civilized Society

RIC_8412-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Kindness and compassion toward all 

living things is the mark of a civilized 

society.

Cesar Chavez

Perspective

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     In one drop of water are found all the 
     secrets of all the oceans. 
      
      Kahlil Gibran

Creativity

RIC_8410-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We can pick our teachers and 

we can pick our friends and   we can pick the books we read 

and the music we listen to and the movies we see, etcetera.

You are a mashup of what you let into your life.

Paula Scher

To be seen

RIC_8423-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     In order for connection to happen,
     we have to allow ourselves to be seen
     — really seen.
      
      Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

Art

RIC_8523-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Jerzy Kosiński

Creativity

RIC_8353-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Creativity is about having the courage

to invent our lives. 

Nina Wise

Seeing the invisible

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Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.

Frank Gaines