Beauty

RIC_0584-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Beauty is a by-product of ordinary things.

Joseph Brodsky

Love

Peaktop Chinese Restaurant 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Love consists in this, 
that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. 

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letter to a Young Poet

Conviction

Cross 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


There is no one more courageous
than the person who speaks with
the courage of his convictions.

Susan Cain, 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can's Stop Talking

Caring

RIC_2020, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Healing begins with caring.
So does civilization.

Bill Moyers, Healing and the Mind

Courage

RIC_1999, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

One cannot remain neutral in the face of injustice, for to do so is to become an accomplice to the injustice.

James Loney, Captivity

Knowing

RCC_9013
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Tao Te Ching